Genesis 4 in the New Testament

Says Hebrews 11:4 says that by faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did, that he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts, and that by faith he still speaks. 1 John 3:12 says Cain belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother, because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous. Jude 11 speaks of the path of Cain. Matthew 23:35 speaks of the blood of righteous Abel; Luke 11:51 names the blood of Abel in the same span, without a separate link here. Hebrews 12:24 speaks of sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel. Matthew 18:22 has seventy-seven times, and its Greek has the same form as Swete at 4:24, ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά. Form agreement is not a claim about which text was used. See the Greek note.

Implies Those texts read Abel as a real person whose offering was regarded, and Cain as a real person who murdered him. They do not fix a lean on why Abel's offering was regarded.

Uncertain Whether Matthew 18:22 alludes to Lamech, as a contrast, is not settled. No lean is taken here, and no application is drawn. Luke 3:36–38 names the Sethite line; that genealogy is not treated here.