Abel
Who was Abel?
Abel in the Bible.
Abel was the second son of Adam and Eve. Cain and Abel brought offerings before the Lord, Cain brought the fruit of the ground from his hard work, but Abel brought what the Lord commanded, a blood sacrifice. Abel's offering was accepted but Cain's was rejected. Later Cain became angry and rose up and killed his brother Abel. The Bible says in Hebrews 11:4 that it was because of faith that Abel was accepted and his offering was pleasing to the Lord. Abel understood that God was going to save mankind through the sacrifice of another, which was Jesus. Cain represents the futility of all those who approach God based on good works, without the blood of Christ there is no redemption of sins. Abel represents those who by faith put their trust in God's promises and receive the blessing.
Hebrew Meaning - great mourning, or vanity
For Little Kids
Abel was the younger son of Adam and Eve who was accepted by God because he believed in God's great promises.
Pronunciation - Abel (ay-bul)
Abel Bible Verses
Matthew 23:35 - That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
1 Samuel 6:18 - And the golden mice, [according to] the number of all the cities of the Philistines [belonging] to the five lords, [both] of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great [stone of] Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: [which stone remaineth] unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
Luke 11:51 - From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
2 Samuel 20:15 - And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that [were] with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down.
Hebrews 11:4 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Genesis 4:25 - And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
2 Samuel 20:18 - Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask [counsel] atAbel: and so they ended [the matter].
Hebrews 12:24 - And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.
Genesis 4:9 - And the LORD said unto Cain, Where [is] Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: [Am] I my brother's keeper?
2 Samuel 20:14 - And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him.
Genesis 4:8 - And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
Genesis 4:2 - And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:4 - And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: