"Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil." Genesis 4:2
Abel possibly means "breath," and from the Qbible it appears that the word "flocks" implies it was either a flock of sheep or goats. So now Adam and Eve have two sons - one a farmer and the other a shepherd.
So far there has been no mention of eating meat. In Genesis 1:29 God promised mankind every seed-bearing plant and tree with fruit in it that bears seed. Why would Abel keep sheep or goats? You can get wool from sheep, is that why he kept them? Can you milk ewes?
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