 | William Warburton - Bible - 1837 - 744 pages
...story is told leads us to conclude, that the rite was first dictated by natural reason. — " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering unto... | |
 | William Thistlethwaite - 1837 - 982 pages
...entertained of him than of his brother. As they grew up they followed different occupations ; " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." They were both however taught to offer sacrifices. Now this, we think, could only have been in consequence... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1838 - 448 pages
...transfer from a torrid to a temperate zone, as for this an apparel of skins was best adapted. " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground."* Thus Adam brought up his children to the several occupations of husbandry, and of domesticating the... | |
 | Philip Henry - 1839 - 342 pages
...are the heritage of the Lord. Psa. cxxvii. 3. K 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. When Eve had Cain, the promised seed, as she thought him, she called her next son Abel, which signifies... | |
 | William Sellon - 1841 - 152 pages
...Adam and Eve, (whose family was gradually increased,) pursued very different employments. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Their tempers were as different as their occupations. Abel was a lover of righteousness, and obedient... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 772 pages
...desire, and thou shalt rule ten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - Bible - 1843 - 586 pages
...after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and DOCUMENT "JEHOVAH." er Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto... | |
 | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - Bible - 1843 - 578 pages
...after he begnt Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and DOCUMENT "JEHOVAH." er Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto... | |
 | 1843 - 310 pages
...We are next told, that the birth of Abel followed that of Cain, and that Abel (a type of Christ) was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground ; it is then added, " And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the... | |
 | 1843 - 778 pages
...come down to only £1SO. In the earliest times, division of labor was found necessary : " And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." These two distinctions were kept up among both the Israelites and Egyptians, as seperate and distinct... | |
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. 
