abel and cain
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4By faith, Abel offered to God a much better sacrifice than that of Cain, through which he obtained testimony that he was just, in that God offered testimony to his gifts. And through that sacrifice, he still speaks to us, though he is dead.
1Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.” 2And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. 3Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. 4Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts. 5Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell. 6And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?
11Woe to them! For they have gone after the way of Cain, and they have poured out the error of Balaam for profit, and they have perished in the sedition of Korah.
35so that upon you may fall all the blood of the just, which has been shed upon the earth, from the blood of Abel the just, even to the blood of Zechariah the son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.
25Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, “God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
12Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother’s works were just.
1Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.” 2And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. 3Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. 4Abel likewise offered from the firstborn of his flock, and from their fat. And the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his gifts. 5Yet in truth, he did not look with favor on Cain and his gifts. And Cain was vehemently angry, and his countenance fell. 6And the Lord said to him: “Why are you angry? And why is your face fallen?
51from the blood of Abel, even to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. So I say to you: it will be required of this generation!
24and to Jesus, the Mediator of the New Testament, and to a sprinkling of blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel.
11For this is the announcement that you heard from the beginning: that you should love one another. 12Do not be like Cain, who was of the evil one, and who killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked, but his brother’s works were just.
1Truly, Adam knew his wife Eve, who conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have obtained a man through God.”
8And Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go outside.” And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and he put him to death.
15Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding within him.