
AND Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore him two sons and three daughters.The first-born she called "Cain," saying, "I have gotten a man from the Lord."Her second son she called "Abel," saying, "With nothing we come into the world, and with nothing will we be taken from it"When the lads grew up, their father gave to each of them a possession in the land. Cain became a tiller of the soil, and Abel a shepherd.And after a time it came to pass that the lads each brought an offering to the Lord. Cain brought from the fruit of the ground, and Abel brought from the firstlings of his flock. But while Abel selected the finest and best-conditioned...