 | 1836 - 590 pages
...bare Cain, 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 s . '3 And in process of time it came to pass 3 , that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering... | |
 | William Gresley - Sermons, English - 1836 - 514 pages
...much larger amount of produce could be obtained. Thus even so early as the time of our first parents "Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground V In process of time, as skill 1 Genesis iv. 2. and inventions have increased, it has been proved that... | |
 | Joseph Samuel Christian Frederick Frey - 1837 - 422 pages
...thesacrifice of Cain and Abel. Moses, our inspired historian, gives us the following account. " 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... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1837 - 744 pages
...which the 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
...were 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
...circumstances have been transmitted to us of this second state of man, but it seems to have been a mixture of agricultural and pastoral life in its simplest...family in that collected state which constitutes a town :t but it was not till the sixth generation after him that any of the arts began to be cultivated,... | |
 | Philip Henry - 1839 - 342 pages
...children 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
...first sons of 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
...his 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
...Enos lived 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... | |
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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. 
