The Origin of the Offerings

The first sacrifice the sacred historian recorded was that of Cain and Abel, That Adam and Eve had previously been seeking God through this channel of com­munion is certain if for no other reason than that the sacrifice is mentioned as a matter of fact in the history of the lives of their offspring. However, Cain's and Abel's sacrifices are the first we read of. The silence of Scripture respecting the rite until these brothers attained to the season of manhood, in conjunction with the fact that...