Abel

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld , Cain and Abel (1860)

Abel is the second son of Adam and Eve according to Genesis , the first book of the Bible. His story is also recounted in the Quran.

Cain is the eldest son, Abel is the second and Seth the third son of Adam and Eve. It is from the genealogy of Seth Jesus is built. Indeed, the Bible calls all the descendants of Seth to Joseph , the husband of Mary (mother of Jesus).

Abel in the Bible

Cain leads Abel to death by James Tissot (1836-1902)

Cain, the eldest, cultivated land and Abel (etymology: from the Hebrew keeps the herd. The first offers to God the fruits of the earth, the second of the firstborn of his flock of sheep, and fat. God looks with favor Abel and his offering, but not that of Cain.

Jealousy, Cain kills his brother by jumping on him while they are in the field (Genesis 4:3-8) is the first murder recorded in the Bible.

According to Genesis (5:3), as Seth was probably born shortly after the death of Abel, so that Adam was a hundred and thirty years, Abel could have nearly a hundred years old when he died.

In the Old Testament

• Genesis 4.2 It again bare his brother Abel. Abel was a shepherd and Cain was a tiller.

• Genesis 4.4 and Abel, meanwhile, made one of the first-born of his flock and their fat. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering;

• Genesis 4.8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother, but as they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

• Genesis 4.9 The Lord said unto Cain, Where is your brother Abel? He replied: I do not know, am I my brother's keeper?

• Genesis 4.25 Adam knew his wife again, she bore a son and named him Seth, because, she says, God gave me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.

• Genesis 50.11 The country's inhabitants, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the area Athada, and they said: This is a great mourning among the Egyptians! That's why we gave the name of Abel Mizraim this area is beyond the Jordan.

• Numbers 33.49 They camped near the Jordan, from Bethjeshimoth to Abel shittim in the plains of Moab.

• 7.22 The judges three hundred blew the trumpet still, and, throughout the camp, the Lord made them turn their swords against each other. The army fled to Beth shittah to Tsere to the edge of Abel meholah Tabbath.

• Judges 11:33 He made them feel a great loss, since until about Aroer Minnith, a space which contained twenty cities, and unto Abel Keramim. And the son of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel.

• 2 Samuel 20:14 And Joab went through all the tribes of Israel in the direction of Abel Beth Maacah, and all the chosen men were gathered together and followed him.

• 2 Samuel 20:15 They besieged Sheba in Abel Beth Maacah, and they raised against the city which stood on a terrace wall. All the people that were with Joab undermined the wall, to break down.

• 2 Samuel 20:18 And she said: In the past we used to say: What we consult Abel! And all ended well.

• 1 Kings 4.12 Baanah son of Ahilud had Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth Shean is near Zaretan below Jezreel, from Beth Shean to Abel Mehola to beyond Jokmeam.

• 1 Kings 15:20 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his army against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah Kinneroth everything, and all the land of Naphtali.

• 1 Kings 19.16 You also join Jehu, son of Nimshi as king of Israel, and anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat Abel Mehola to be prophet in your place.

• 2 Kings 15:29 In the time Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath Pileser, king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah Janoach, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead and Galilee , all the land of Naphtali, and carried captive to Assyria.

• 2 Chronicles 16.4 Ben Hadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his army against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all shops in the cities of Naphtali.

In the New Testament

The Body of Abel found by Adam and Eve, William Blake , c. 1825

• Matthew 23:35 "That upon you all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachias that you murdered between the temple and the altar."
• Luke 11.51 "from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple, yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation."
• Hebrews 11.4 "By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he was righteous, God of his gifts, and it is through that he speaks dead yet. "
• Hebrews 12.24 "of Jesus is the mediator of the new covenant, and the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than Abel."
• First Epistle of John 3.12 "Do not be like Cain, he belonged to the Poor and killed his brother. And why he killed?" Because the actions of Cain were evil, while his brother were righteous. "

Abel in the Qur'an

The Qur'an .

The two brothers Cain and Abel each made an offering or sacrifice to God ( Allah ), but only that of Abel was accepted. Out of jealousy, Cain then promised to kill his brother, but he replied: "Allah accepts the offering from the piles. If you stretch out thy hand to kill me, I will not extend to you my hand to kill thee: for I fear Allah, the Lord of the Universe . .

Cain slew Abel and still a very deep feeling of remorse came over, and he became a loser.

According to religious tradition, Abel would be the first murder, the first shot and the first death in history. His body would be the first corpse buried under the ground of history .

See also

Many stories and myths about the siblings are brothers "enemies" or opposite;

• Enoch
• Osiris and Seth (the Egyptian mythology )
• Shun and Yao (in Chinese mythology )
• Jacob and Esau (the Bible)
• Remus and Romulus (in the myth of the founding of Rome )
• Eteocles and Polynices (in Greek mythology)
• Richard Lion Heart and John Lackland , etc..
• Abel is always right (book home OPT)

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