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Abel and Adam
How Abel and Adam are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Adam was a parent of Abel.
Abel was the second son of Adam and Eve. After Cain killed him, Adam and his wife had Seth, "another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew."
Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain
Genesis 4:1, King James Version
And she again bare his brother Abel
Genesis 4:2, King James Version
hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew
Genesis 4:25, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 4:25
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 4:1
1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
Genesis 4:2
2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:25
25And 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.
King James Version