Why does god prefer abels sacrifice

Sign in Join. Sign in. Log into your account. Sign up. Password recovery. Recover your password. The Citizen. Wednesday, November 10, Forgot your password? Get help. Create an account. Opinion Columnists. Maybe the quality of what Cain put forward was low.

Maybe his spirit was begrudging. Or maybe God was vexed, for some secret reasons of his own. But is the biblical text actually all that ambiguous? That is, he offered the first-borns, the very best of what he has. If Abel is giving God the equivalent of filet mignon, Cain is giving him ground beef.

This is a difference in both faith and works. By faith, Abel gives God everything. Paul Getty Museum. Cain and Abel Offering Gifts. No Copyright - United States. Object Details. Object Number:. Previous Attribution:.

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