 | 1844 - 490 pages
...he was the possessor of flocks and herds, and a tiller of the ground ; for we read that " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground ;" but as the ground was " cursed," that is productive of nothing which could supersede the necessity... | |
 | 1841 - 1136 pages
...GENESIS. LOH.O. 2 And and said, I have gotten a man from the she again hare his brother Abel. And Abel was aken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as ll 3 And in process of time it came to pass, thai Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton - Bible - 1844 - 534 pages
...Cain and said, I have gained a man through God. 2And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3And it was so * after some time that Cain t or. after brought of the fruits of the day8earth a sacrifice... | |
 | Henry Blunt - Bible - 1844 - 368 pages
...and said, I have gotten 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... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1844 - 428 pages
...faulty tone substitutes double for single inflections. The true reading would be marked thus; "Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. \ The effect of the erroneous inflection, is peculiarly unhappy ; as it forms a tone properly associated... | |
 | Sharon Turner - Creation - 1844 - 452 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... | |
 | John Hall - Elocution - 1845 - 354 pages
...wait', till my change shall come. LESSON XL VIT. CAIN AND ABEL. — Genesis iv. 3 — 15. 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 to... | |
 | 1845 - 702 pages
...gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel; and 7Ъ* murder of Abel. Abel was r- 3 And in process of time it came to DUSS, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an onering unto... | |
 | 1864 - 726 pages
...God must be feared as well as loved. The two youths made choice of different employments. " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." Abel led his flock to the tender grass and quiet stream. This employment was, doubtless, well suited... | |
 | John Tricker Conquest - 1846 - 868 pages
...have gotten a man-uhild from the LORD. And she again bare his hro- 2 ther Abel [VANITV]. And Abel was and upon Egypt ; afterwards he will let you go hence : And, in process of time, it came to pass 3 that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
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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. 
