Abel

Shepherd whose accepted offering and violent death become a witness

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INTERPRETIVE PORTRAIT · NO RECOVERED LIKENESS

THEIR WORK WITHIN THE STORY

Tending sheep and preparing an offering

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FIRST APPEARANCE

Genesis 4:2

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PRIMARY PASSAGES

Genesis 4

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Matthew 23:35

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Hebrews 11:4

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Hebrews 12:24

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PLACES

Eden's east

RELATIONSHIPS

Adam Eve Cain

WORK WORLD · INTERPRETIVE ILLUSTRATION

BUILD THE WORLD AROUND THE NAME

Water, animals, movement, land, and care

A person profile becomes shallow when work, tools, food, weather, household, economy, power, and community disappear. This companion scene restores that material world without pretending it photographs Abel.

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