...for a considerable time, continued to offer sacrifices as well as offerings ; because it is said, " and in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground " only, without a sacrifice : for we cannot suppose that during this long interval, signified by the...

...sacrifice than that of Cain:" who with a spirit of self-wisdom, and in opposition to the means disclosed, " brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord" trusting in his own righteousness, and adopting a natural mode of expressing his gratitude, but suitable...

...intimation, he fully confided. To this idea we are conducted, by observing the nature of his offering : " he brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof." It is observable, that the offering of a lamb in sacrifice was a service re-enacted by God under the...

...and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten aman 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 JJ time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering...

...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:...

...: but of Cain's offering, no such care is recorded to be taken by him ; it is only said, that " he brought of the fruit of the ground, an offering unto the Lord," Gen. iv. 3, 4. but not a word that it was the first fruit, or best fruit. Again, Abel did not put God...

...Abel brought their offerings unto the Lord. The term brought seems to point to a public assembly. " Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering...the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." Gen. iv. 3, 4. The question is, whither did they bring their offerings, if not to a public assembly...

...occasion have been required. I will not argue with Warburton, that when Moses introduces the phrase, " In process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground/' he means us to infer that he and Abel brought their offerings from the dictates of their own minds....

...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,...

...conceived, sand 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...Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering nnto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And...