 | Salomon Gessner - 1814 - 678 pages
...of God and nature upon them. Though the heirs of empire, they must labour for their subsistence. ' Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.' But it is not the occupation, which has merit or demerit; the man who exercises it, is the object of... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...bare Cain, and said, 1 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... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And e foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abomin 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | Bible - 1819 - 948 pages
...hare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And so our fathers. 4 They said moreover unto Pharaoh, F (lie ground. 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Clin brought of the fruit of the ground... | |
 | Robert May - Bible - 1819 - 392 pages
...speak of in the next Lecture. III. CATECHETICAL QUESTIONS. 1. What were the words of the Text? " And Abel was a keeper of sheep ; but Cain was a tiller of th-.- ground." 2. Where are these words to be found ^ Genesis, chapter 4th, verse 2d. 3. Who was Caint... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pages
...bare Cain, and said, I have gotten aman from the LORD. 2 And she again bare his brother Abel ; ** and Abel was a keeper ยงยง of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 And in process of JJ time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | Alexander Watson - Christian life - 1867 - 1026 pages
...and bare 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. And in process of time, it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering... | |
 | Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 pages
...everlasting Paradise, in Heaven. CHAPTER 3. CAIN AND ABEL. ADAM and Eve had two sons, Cain and Abel, and Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Cain offered of the fruit of the ground to the Lord, and Abel offered of the young ones of his flock:... | |
 | 1854 - 1112 pages
...The lady determined not to go. CAIN AND ABEL. THE two youths made choice of different employments. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. From the beginning of man's history pastoral and agricultural pursuits divided his attention for, perhaps,... | |
 | Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1823 - 334 pages
...are most excellent, and by the powerful energy of his grace make us wise and happy for ever ! "And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. 1 Sam. xvi. 22, and xvii. 15. " The sun ariseth ; man goeth forth unto his work, and to... | |
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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. 
