Bible Verses About Abel
Bible verses about Abel
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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:
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Scripture Passages
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 he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Beth–maachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.
And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber.
And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel;
And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel.
And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well.
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
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 Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.
Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren:
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer–sheba.
And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan.
And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech.
And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber.
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him.
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.
And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padan–aram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob’s and Esau’s mother.
And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba,
And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,
Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor;
Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the Lord.
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.