Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 4:3
3. in process of time—Hebrew, "at the end of days," probably on the Sabbath. brought . . . an offering unto the Lord—Both manifested, by the very act of offering, their faith in the being of God and in His claims to their reverence and worship; and had the kind of offering been left to themselves, what more natural than that the one should bring "of the fruits of the ground," and that the other should bring "of the firstlings of his flock and the fat thereof" [ :-]. read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Genesis 4:2
2. Abel was a keeper of sheep—literally, "a feeder of a flock," which, in Oriental countries, always includes goats as well as sheep. Abel, though the younger, is mentioned first, probably on account of the pre-eminence of his religious character. read more