| William Tait - 1874 - 390 halaman
...mean. We may well put this language into Cain's mouth ; it was the language of his behaviour. He " brought of " the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord," an offering which acknowledged indeed a Creator's kindness, but implied neither confession of his own... | |
| 1875 - 410 halaman
...that which he had been toiling for in "the sweat of his brow." He was a "tiller of the ground," and he "brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord." He did not bring that which cost him nothing. (2 Sam. xxiv. 24.) Nay, his worship cost more of toil... | |
| Rev. J. G. Gregory - 1878 - 124 halaman
...offerings to the Lord. And, first, THE OFFERING MADE BY CAIN. " In process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord " — an offering of the fruit of his labour, blessed by God ! Was not this good ? Should not gratitude... | |
| Marcus Moritz Kalisch - 1879 - 912 halaman
...time of pride and gratification: and this ground. — 3. And in the process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord. 4. And Abel, he also brought of the firstis another proof of the respect with which the Hebrew women... | |
| James Gosset- Tanner - 1880 - 152 halaman
...resisted this truth from the days of Cain to the present moment. The first man who was born a babe "brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord." (Gen. iv. 3.) Now this is exactly what hundreds of religious people are doing now: they are bringing... | |
| Edward Totterson Bartlett, John Punnett Peters - 1886 - 568 halaman
...ABEL was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in course of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Jehovah ; and Abel also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And Jehovah... | |
| William Edward Addis - 1892 - 358 halaman
...was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3. And in process of time it came to pass that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to Yahweh. 4. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock, that is to say, of their wisdom... | |
| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1897 - 600 halaman
...oblation of the Primitia, of which this feast was a consequence, is met with prior to this, for we find that " Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord," Gen. iv. 3. Yet this offering of the first-fruits, it may well be supposed, was not peculiar to the... | |
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