The Genealogies

Primeval

Abel

Gustave Doré engraving: the murder of abel.
The Murder of Abel·Gustave Doré, Doré Bible Gallery (1866)
Era
Primeval
Tribe
Before the tribes
Father
Mother

Biography

Abel appears as the son of Adam and Eve, and Genesis presents him as a keeper of sheep while Cain worked the ground . His offering came from the firstborn of his flock, and Yahweh regarded Abel and his offering .

Cain killed Abel in the field after Yahweh warned him that sin was crouching at the door . Genesis places Abel before Seth, through whom the cited line continues from Adam .

In Scripture

Place in the Line

Abel is not in the parsed line to Jesus.