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Survey of ancient sources on [[Abel]].
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==Overview==
 
==Ancient Jewish sources ==
 
====[[Book of Genesis]]====
 
Genesis 4:1 (NIV) -- '' [1] [[Adam]] lay with his wife [[Eve]], and she became pregnant and gave birth to [[Cain]]... [2] Later she gave birth to his brother [[Abel]]. Now [[Abel]] kept flocks, and [[Cain]] worked the soil... [4] Abel brought fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering... [8] Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." And while they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. [9] Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"...
 
Genesis 4:25 (NIV) -- '' [[Adam]] lay with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him [[Seth]], saying, "God has granted me another child in place of [[Abel]], since [[Cain]] killed him."
 
==Early Jewish Sources==
 
====[[4 Maccabees]]====
 
4 Macc 18:11 -- '' [The mother of seven sons said to her children: "Your father] read to you about [[Abel]] slain by [[Cain]]...''
 
==Early Christian sources ==
 
====[[Gospel of Matthew]]====
 
Matthew 23:35 (NIV) -- '' And so upon you will come all the righteous blood that has been shed on earth, from the blood of righteous [[Abel]] to the blood of Zechariah son of Berekiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.''
 
====[[Gospel of Luke]]====
 
Luke 11:51 (NIV) -- '' ...from the blood of [[Abel]] to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.''
 
====[[Letter to the Hebrews]]====
 
Hebrews 11:4 (NIV) -- '' By faith [[Abel]] offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his offerings. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.''
 
Hebrews 12:24 (NIV) -- '' ...to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of [[Abel]].''





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