Abel signifies vanity. The name given to this son is put upon the whole race, Psalms 39:5. Every man is at his best estate vanity; Abel, vanity. He chose that employment which did most befriend contemplation and devotion, for that hath been looked upon as the advantage of a pastoral life. Moses and David kept sheep, and in their solitudes conversed with God.
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Genesis 4:2
2 And she again bare his brother Abel.b And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.