 | 1823 - 130 sidor
...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 of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering nnto... | |
 | Richard Steele - 1823 - 334 sidor
...are most excellent, and by the powerful energy of his grace make us wise and happy for ever ! "And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground, Gen. iv. 2. 1 Sam. xvi. 22, and xvii. 15. " The sun ariseth ; man goeth forth unto his work, and to... | |
 | 1823 - 836 sidor
...to conceive. Let us take the simple record of the earliest sacrifice given in the book of Genesis. " 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 to... | |
 | 1832 - 590 sidor
...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 sidor
...be proper to compare this account with the sacred history, to which it alludes, Gen. iv. 2, &c. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, t/mt Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 sidor
...be proper to compare thia account with the sacred history, to which it alludes, Gen. iv. 2, &c. 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... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 sidor
...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... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 sidor
...God and nature upon them. Though the heirs of empire, they must labour for their subsistence — " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground."* The earth will no longer spontaneously yield her increase. The clods must be turned up, and the seed must... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1828 - 476 sidor
...at the time of their offering, as would, according to human notions, call for such a preference. " Abel was a keeper of sheep, but " Cain was a tiller of the ground," says the Bible: employments which were equally sanctioned by the Almighty ; ' who had originally given... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 878 sidor
...TILL'ER, fthe husbandry of the TILL'MAN, | plough : the derivatives TILTH, adj. & nsJ corresponding. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Genesis iv. 2. Good shepherd, good turnan, good Jack, a id good Gil. Makes husband and huswife their... | |
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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. 
