 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 pages
...iv.-v. 5. •Cain was the eldest son of Adam and Eve. His brother •Abel was their second son. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a -tiller of the ground. They both brought -offerings to God. Cain's offering was of the -fruits of the earth. Abel's offering... | |
 | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - Bible - 1850 - 584 pages
...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... | |
 | Elias De La Roche Rendell - Bible - 1851 - 334 pages
...Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother, Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." (Gen. iv. 1, 2.) If we were to regard this as literal history, it would, nevertheless, be reasonable to think,... | |
 | Samuel Prout Newcombe - 1851 - 250 pages
...Coin, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother 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 Coin brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1851 - 392 pages
...circumflex instead of the simple inflecions, especially in contrasts. of New England ; thus, Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." This faulty tone substitutes double for single inflections. The true reading would be marked thus;... | |
 | Elias De La Roche Rendell - Bible - 1852 - 344 pages
...Cain, and said, I have gotten a man frdm the Lord. And she again bare his brother, Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." (Gen. iv. 1, 2.) If we were to regard this as literal history, it would, nevertheless, be reasonable to think,... | |
 | Sunday schools - 1852 - 160 pages
...are mentioned ? A. Cain, Abel, and Seth. Q. What was the employment of Cain and Abel ? A. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Gen. iv. 1. Q. Why was not the offering of Cain accepted ? Q. What state of mind does God require in order that... | |
 | Jacob Lowres - 1852 - 80 pages
...pocket saddens. He shipped off forty barrels of herrings to a seller of fish in Liverpool. Abel was a keeper of sheep ; but Cain was a tiller of the ground. That horse is an excellent trotter, and is likely to be the winner of the approaching races. Jane spends... | |
 | Thomas J. Vaiden - Rationalism - 1852 - 1038 pages
...god. The main object is to show that this god had his select chosen. peculiar priests. " And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." These are the second and third states of society, as that of their parents was the first. How came... | |
 | Samuel Abraham Walker - Bible - 1852 - 276 pages
...worthy of serious- reflection in that part of the inspired narrative which informs us that " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." Adam also was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iii. 23, and thus the eldest son would be associated with... | |
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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. 
