Bible Dictionary: Envy: Cain, of Abel

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Genesis 4:4-8
And Abel, he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering:
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Cain and Abel. Gen 4:3-8
... and envy filled his mind,. When, with a fallen, downcast look,. He saw his brother
favor find,. Who GOD's appointed method took. By Cain's own hand, good Abel died ...
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Of the Cause of Cain's Crime and his Obstinacy, which not Even the ...
... But Cain received that counsel of God in the spirit of ... In fact, the vice of envy
grew stronger in him; and ... of the flock of men, prefigured by Abel the shepherd ...
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Many Evils have Already Flowed from this Source in Ancient Times.
... And it came to pass, while they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him." [18] Ye see, brethren, how envy and jealousy led ...
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Many Evils have Already Flowed from this Source in Ancient Times.
... And it came to pass, while they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel
his brother, and slew him." [4016] Ye see, brethren, how envy and jealousy ...
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The Life of Adam
... Whereof Cain had great envy unto his brother Abel, which arose against him and
slew him. And our Lord said to him: Where is Abel thy brother? ...
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Of the Fratricidal Act of the Founder of the Earthly City, and the ...
... Now these brothers, Cain and Abel, were not both animated by the same earthly desires,
nor did the murderer envy the other because he feared that, by both ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 5 of the fratricidal act.htm

John v. 6, 7
... Envy is the mother of murder. Through this Cain slew Abel his brother; through this
Esau (would have slain) Jacob, and his brethren Joseph, through this the ...
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Ophites, Cainites, Sethites.
... however, out of which Ialdaboath had proceeded, moved to the heart with envy, had
injected into ... Two human beings were formed by the angels"Cain and Abel. ...
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The Growth and Power of Sin
... Abel's was sprinkled with some drops of the incense of lowly trust, and ... It begins
with envy and jealousy. Cain was not wroth because his offering was rejected ...
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Cain's Name and Nature.
... name which she gave to her first-born son, calling him Cain, which has a ... and Envy,
as signifying that in the future he was to envy either a ... "towards Abel"? ...
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