| Robert May - 1819 - 392 pàgines
...was Abel's employment? He " was a keeper of sheep." 19. Did Abel make any offering to the Lord I " He also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." 20. Did the Lord accept of Abel's offering ? Yes, for it is said " and the Lord had respect unto Abel... | |
| John Bellamy - 1820 - 332 pàgines
...for a great length of time. In the translation it is said, " and in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord :" in the original, " and it came to pass at the end of days ;" which is a customary phrase... | |
| William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pàgines
...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... | |
| Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pàgines
...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 unto the LORD. •we have au admiiable lesson for human j udges, not to pronounce sentence till they have... | |
| Alexander Watson - 1867 - 1026 pàgines
...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 the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof: And the... | |
| 1822 - 554 pàgines
...to point to a public assembly. " Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of 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... | |
| 1854 - 1112 pàgines
...without the shedding of blood, there is no remission." The sacrifice of Abel consisted, therefore, of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof ; and when he stood by his altar, he acknowledged himself a sinner, and sought to propitiate the Divine displeasure,... | |
| Christopher Benson - 1822 - 472 pàgines
...mercies left unacknowledged by the incense of grateful piety. " In process of time, it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, and of the fat thereof"." According... | |
| 1823 - 130 pàgines
...process of time it came to pass, that 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 the Lord had respect unto Abel, and to his offering. But unto Cain, and his offering he had not respect.... | |
| 1823 - 836 pàgines
...process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof." What can more naturally express the thanks of these first sons of Adam for the Divine bounty which... | |
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