“After his disobedience, after their loss of the garden, then it was that the practice of intercourse had its beginning. You see, before their disobedience they followed a life like that of angels, and there was not mention of intercourse.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — HOMILIES ON GENESIS 18.12
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2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
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1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
— Genesis 4:2 —
3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: