 | 1832 - 590 pages
...secular employments as were, most agreeable to their different inclinations. Accordingly we are told, " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground." Though they had now left their father's house, yet they felt their obligation to follow his religious... | |
 | Thomas William Lancaster - 1825 - 494 pages
...citation, I have given the substance of it in a compressed form from Kennicott'x Two Dissertations. " process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought...of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord t' had respect unto Abel and to his offering : but " unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect... | |
 | John McDowell - 1825 - 560 pages
...Sabbath was probably observed during this period. In the days of Cain and Abel it is said, Gen. iv. 3,4. "In process of time it came to pass that Cain brought...Abel he also brought of the firstlings of his flock." A literal translation of the original occording to some criticks would be, '• in the end of the days,... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1825 - 442 pages
...Offerings of Cain and Abel, and the Origin of Animal Sacrifices considered. PART II. GEN. iv. 3, 4. In process of time it came to pass that Cain brought...offering unto the Lord And Abel he also brought of the Jirstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof p. 199 LECTURE XII. The Offerings of Cain and Abel,... | |
 | George Holden - 1825 - 684 pages
...Kennicott, that in the recital of the offerings of Cain and Abel, which in the Eaglish translation is, " And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain, brought of the fruit of the ground an k Judges xiv. 10-^15. 1,4 is not certain that Vashti's was a marriage-feast, Esther i. 9 — 10. Compare... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 570 pages
...testifying of his gifts : and by it ht being dead * yet speakah. •Or, is yet spalten rf. " And in procees of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto die LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof. And the... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1825 - 588 pages
...approved and accepted, and, in some instances, actually prescribed, by the Deity himself. When Abel " brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof, the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering ;" (Gen. iv, 4 ;) but to Cain and to his offering,... | |
 | 1871 - 592 pages
...remain your all-satisfying portion for ever. THOUGHTS ON GENESIS.— THE OFFEEING OF CAIN AND ABEL. " And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain...firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof." — GEN. iv. 3, 4. IN what consisted the difference between the sacrifice of Cain and Abel ? St. Paul... | |
 | Andrew Thomson (of Bristol) - 1826 - 394 pages
...? . A. Cain was a husbandman, and Abel a shepherd. Q. What acts are recorded concerning them ? A. " Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering...firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof." Q. Were these offerings alike acceptable to Jehovah? * Sacrifice was of Divine origin, else it had... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. f 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. Ana or ever. /,11 IF He that toucheth the dead body of any 3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of tin- ground an offering... | |
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And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. 
