Second son of Adam and Eve. A keeper of sheep whose offering pleased God. Slain by his brother Cain.
Genesis 4:2
Second son of Adam and Eve.
A keeper of sheep whose offering pleased God.
Slain by his brother Cain.
Genesis 4:8
“And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.”
“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.”

Michelangelo, 1512
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Michelangelo, 1512
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Michelangelo, 1512
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Caravaggio, 1603
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Gustave Doré, 1866
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Gustave Doré, 1866
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