The New Student's Reference Work/Abel
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A′bel, the second son of Adam, was a shepherd and offered a sacrifice of the “firstlings of his flock.” His offering was preferred to that of his brother Cain, who in anger killed him. This violent death gave him the title of the “first martyr.”
