ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 4:2
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Gen 4:2

4:2 Abel. The name means “breath,” “vapor,” or “nothing” with the connotation of “perishable,” a somber prophecy of what follows.

sheep . . . ground. In spite of Adam’s Fall, humans still carry out the cultural mandate to manage the earth’s resources (1:26, 28).