Book Title: The history of the Old and New Testament : extracted out of Sacred Scripture and writings of the Fathers : to which are added the lives, travels and sufferings of the Apostles ... : the whole illustrated with two hundred thirty four sculptures, and three maps, delineated and engraved by good artists / translated from the Sieur de Royaumont, by several hands ; supervised and recommended by Dr. Horneck, and other orthodox divines

Author: Fontaine, Nicolas, 1625-1709

Image Title: Cain and Abel

Scripture Reference:

• Genesis 4 (further images / scripture text)

Description: Cain and Abel offer sacrifices to God (background), here represented by the Tetragrammaton placed within the Trinitarian symbol of a triangle, while in the foreground, Cain murders Abel in a fit of jealousy. As the numeral at the head of the page indicates, this is plate #5 in a series of illustrations.

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