{"author":null,"backreferences":[{"context_html":"<p class=\"c005\">For thus it is written: “And it came to pass after\r\ncertain days, that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a\r\nsacrifice unto God; and Abel also brought of the firstlings\r\nof his sheep, and of the fat thereof. And God had respect\r\nto Abel and to his offerings, but Cain and his sacrifices He\r\n<span class=\"pageno\" id=\"Page_10\">10</span>did not regard. And Cain was deeply grieved, and his\r\ncountenance fell. And God said to Cain, Why art thou\r\ngrieved, and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou offerest\r\nrightly, but dost not divide rightly, hast thou not sinned? Be\r\nat peace: thine offering returns to thyself, and thou shalt\r\nagain possess it. And Cain said to Abel his brother, Let us\r\ngo into the field. And it came to pass, while they were in\r\nthe field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and\r\nslew him.”<a id=\"r16\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f16\"><sup>[16]</sup></a> Ye see, brethren, how envy and jealousy led to\r\nthe murder of a brother. Through envy, also, our father\r\nJacob fled from the face of Esau his brother.<a id=\"r17\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f17\"><sup>[17]</sup></a> Envy made\r\nJoseph be persecuted unto death, and to come into bondage.<a id=\"r18\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f18\"><sup>[18]</sup></a>\r\nEnvy compelled Moses to flee from the face of Pharaoh\r\nking of Egypt, when he heard these words from his fellow-countryman,\r\n“Who made thee a judge or a ruler over us?\r\nwilt thou kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday?”<a id=\"r19\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f19\"><sup>[19]</sup></a>\r\nOn account of envy, Aaron and Miriam had to make\r\ntheir abode without the camp.<a id=\"r20\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f20\"><sup>[20]</sup></a> Envy brought down Dathan\r\nand Abiram alive to Hades, through the sedition which\r\nthey excited against God’s servant Moses.<a id=\"r21\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f21\"><sup>[21]</sup></a> Through envy,\r\nDavid underwent the hatred not only of foreigners, but was\r\nalso persecuted by Saul king of Israel.<a id=\"r22\"></a><a class=\"c009 pginternal\" href=\"#f22\"><sup>[22]</sup></a></p>","headings":["The Writings of the Apostolic Fathers","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT.","THE FIRST EPISTLE OF CLEMENT TO THE CORINTHIANS.","Chap. iv.—Many evils have already flowed from this source in ancient times."],"marker_anchor":null,"paragraph_id":"pg77576-paragraph-48"}],"canonical_references":[],"date_end":null,"date_start":null,"deduplication_fingerprint":"caebc1ea8c7e2ae8186f4ce261681612369a031d98284eda8f0c044d1a1f8d7b","edition_title":"The writings of the Apostolic Fathers","edition_translators":["Alexander Roberts","James Donaldson","Frederick Crombie"],"edition_year":1870,"explicit_reference_candidates":[{"book":"NUM","chapter":16,"kind":"unreviewed","source_notation":"Num. xvi. 33","verse":33,"verse_end":33}],"headings":[],"id":"pg77576-f21","license_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/policy/license.html","public_import_allowed":false,"record_kind":"original-editor-translator-note","review_required":["work and recension attribution","original-work chronology","Bible reference numbering and citation kind","English edition rights and attribution"],"review_status":"needs_review","rights_evidence":"Project Gutenberg metadata: Public domain in the USA. Historical 1870 English edition; electronic transcription subject to Project Gutenberg reuse terms.","source_anchor":"f21","source_ebook":77576,"source_html":"<div class=\"footnote\" id=\"f21\">\n<p class=\"c006\"><span class=\"label\"><a class=\"pginternal\" href=\"#r21\">21</a>. </span><abbr title=\"Numbers\">Num.</abbr> <abbr title=\"sixteen\">xvi.</abbr> 33.</p>\n</div>","source_sha256":"5cef11d737d7f5d65aa99f44ca2d8e967d725f3bed872960330e88c0905597a9","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/77576/pg77576-images.html#f21","text_sha256":"a573aad8e90f4d0d7e726bbfaf2484d35eadf8ea15f12c3c9557aad197861ec2","verified":false,"work_id":null}