Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 4:2

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 4:2 - 4:2

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 4:2 - 4:2

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

4:1 - 4:1
4:2 - 4:2
4:3 - 4:3
4:4 - 4:4
4:7 - 4:7
4:8 - 4:8
4:9 - 4:9
4:10 - 4:10
4:11 - 4:11
4:12 - 4:12
4:13 - 4:13
4:14 - 4:14
4:15 - 4:15
4:16 - 4:16
4:17 - 4:17
4:19 - 4:19
4:23 - 4:23
4:26 - 4:26

Abel was a keeper of sheep - literally, “a feeder of a flock,” which, in Oriental countries, always includes goats as well as sheep. Abel, though the younger, is mentioned first, probably on account of the pre-eminence of his religious character.