Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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… and bore Cain and said, I have acquired a man from the Lord. Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of the sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. In other words, we had the very first farmer. We had the very first rancher, all right? And one did animals and the other one did, you know, the vegetables. And I don't like vegetables. I know some of you guys do. I'm more of the, I like the able guy. And let me get back to the text. That's what's really important, not my views. and in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought offering to the of the fruit of the ground to the Lord and also Abel brought the firstborn of his flock into their fat and the Lord respected Abel in his offering but he did not respect Cain in his offering and Cain was very angry and his countenance fell he was angry and it showed it basically he was mad so the Lord said to Cain, why are you angry? And why is your countenance fallen? In other words, God is speaking. …
… chapter four we have seen the creation the first uh man and woman adam and eve and now children adam made love to his wife eve and she became pregnant and gave birth to cain and she said with the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man and later she gave birth to his brother Abel she was able to have another now Abel kept flocks and Cain worked the soil in the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord and Abel also brought an offering of fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock and the Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering, he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry and his face was downcast. And the Lord said to Cain, why are you angry? Why is your face downcast? If you did what was right, would you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door. It desires like an insurance agent. …
… KEEPER OF FLOCKS, BUT CAIN WAS A FARMER. HE WAS A TILLER OF THE GROUND. AND THERE IN GENESIS CHAPTER FOUR, VERSES ONE THROUGH EIGHT, YOU HAVE THE STORY OF TWO BROTHERS. TWO BROTHERS WENT OUT TO MAKE TWO OFFERINGS. ONE BROTHER OFFERED TO THE LORD THE FIRSTLINGS OF THE FLOCK. A PERFECT LAMB WAS KILLED, AND THE BLOOD OF THAT LAMB WAS OFFERED TO THE LORD AS AN ATONEMENT FOR SIN. THE OTHER BROTHER, CAIN, YOU WILL REMEMBER THE STORY, OFFERED TO GOD THE FRUIT OF HIS HANDS, OF HIS WORK, THE SWEAT OF HIS FACE. THIS IS WHAT HE OFFERED TO THE LORD. AND WHAT YOU HAVE HERE ARE TWO BROTHERS, TWO OFFERINGS, TWO RELIGIONS, AND TWO DESTINIES. NOW ABEL, AS YOU WILL REMEMBER, OFFERED THE VERY BEST, THE FIRST LING OF THE FLOCK TO THE LORD. WHY? BECAUSE THERE IN THE DAWN OF CIVILIZATION GOD WAS TEACHING THE LESSON THAT WE SEE AFFIRMED IN HEBREWS CHAPTER NINE VERSE 22, WHICH IS WHAT? WITHOUT SHEDDING OF BLOOD IS NO REMISSION. ISN'T THAT RIGHT? …