Genesis 4:2 (WEB)
Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Catechism · 1
“All human generations proceed from this union.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:1-2, 25-26; 5:1.
Fathers and councils · 4
Tertullian
“…He accepted what he was offering in simplicity of heart, and reprobated the sacrifice of his brother Cain, who was not rightly dividing what he was offering.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 1–7, especially in the LXX.; comp. Heb. xi. 4.
Read the whole comment“Groaning and trembling shalt thou be upon the earth, and every one who shall have found thee shall slay thee.”” — editor's note: See Gen. iv. 2–14. But it is to be observed that the version given in our author differs widely in some particulars from the Heb. and the LXX.
Read the whole comment“Nay, let us see whether it were not virgins alone whom they lusted after; since Scriptures saith “the daughters of men;” inasmuch as it might have named “wives of men,” or “females,” indifferently.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 2.
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Augustine of Hippo
“Therefore the former city is greater by age, because first was born Cain, and afterwards Abel: but in these the elder shall serve the younger.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 1, 2.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Catechism §2335.
Cited together in Catechism §2335.