Abel
Role: son of Adam and Eve · First appears: Genesis 4
In Genesis 4, Eve again bore Abel, making him the son of Adam and Eve and the brother of Cain. Abel worshipped God by bringing “the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof,” and God accepted his offering while rejecting Cain’s. Later, when they were in the field, Cain rose against Abel and killed him: “Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
Relationship record
Life events
- Eve gives birth to Abel.(Genesis 4)
- With: Eve
- “And she again bare his brother Abel.”
- God accepts Abel’s offering but rejects Cain’s offering.(Genesis 4)
- Cain rises against Abel and kills him.(Genesis 4 · 📍 the field)
- With: Cain
- “and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
Genesis 4
- parent: Adam “And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel.”
- parent: Eve “And she again bare his brother Abel.”
- siblings with Cain “And Cain talked with Abel his brother:”
- slayer: Cain “Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.”
- deity: God “And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.”
- with God (God accepted Abel's offering.) “And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:”
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Extracted from the original text of The Five Books of Moses. Made with Rho MD.