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Ibn Ezra on Genesis 4:3/אבן עזרא על בראשית ד׳:ג׳

אויהי מקץ ימים. שעבד קין את האדמה הביא המנחה אל המקום שקבע לתפלתו, ולא ישרו בעיני דברי האומרים כי המנחה הביאה אל אביו, ובעבור שכתוב מבכורות צאנו, יש סמך כי לא הביא קין מן הבכורים:

1AND IN PROCESS OF TIME. That Cain tilled the soil, he brought an offering to the place that he had set aside for his devotions. I disagree with those who say that he brought an offering to his father.⁵ There is support for the notion that Cain did not bring his offering from the first of the fruits of the ground in Scripture’s stating that And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.⁶