Genesis 4:2 Douay-Rheims

And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1871 Reformed

Abel was a keeper of sheep--literally, "a feeder of a flock," which, in Oriental countries, always includes goats as well as sheep. Abel, though the younger, is mentioned first, probably on account of the pre-eminence of his religious character.

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1871 · Genesis 4:2

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