Abel in the Bible
Meaning: vanity; breath; vapor; mourning
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And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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:
And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And when the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, saw the mourning ceremony at the threshing floor of Atad they said, "This [is] a severe mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore its name was called Abel-Mizraim, which [is] beyond the Jordan.
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And Abel, he also brought in the first-born of his sheep, and their fat. And Jehovah will look to Abel and to his gift And to Cain and to his offering he looked not: and Cain will be very angry, and his countenance will fall. And Jehovah will say to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why does thy countenance fall? If thou shalt do well thou shalt be lifted up; and if thou shalt not do well, sin lies at the entrance; and to thee his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him. And Jehovah will say to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he will say, I know not: am I my brother's watcher? And he will say, What didst thou? the voice of thy brother's bloods, crying out to me from the earth. And now cursed art thou, from the earth, which opened her mouth to take thy brother's bloods from thy hand. When thou shalt work the earth she shall not add to give her strength to thee. Wandering and fleeing shalt thou be in the earth. And Cain will say to Jehovah, My sin is great, above bearing. Lo, thou didst drive me out this day from above the face of the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be wandering and fleeing in the earth; and it shall be, every one finding me will kill me. And Jehovah will say to him, Therefore, every one killing Cain, he shall be avenged seven fold. And Jehovah will put a sign upon Cain, lest any finding him, smite him.
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And Jehovah will say to Cain, Why art thou angry, and why does thy countenance fall? If thou shalt do well thou shalt be lifted up; and if thou shalt not do well, sin lies at the entrance; and to thee his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.
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If thou shalt do well thou shalt be lifted up; and if thou shalt not do well, sin lies at the entrance; and to thee his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. And Cain will speak to Abel his brother; and it shall be in their being in the field, Cain will rise up against Abel his brother, and will kill him.