Quotes about Sacrifice
So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
— Genesis 4:3
while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
— Genesis 4:4
but He had no regard for Cain and his offering. So Cain became very angry, and his countenance fell.
— Genesis 4:5
Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.” And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
— Genesis 4:8
Then Noah built an altar to the LORD. And taking from every kind of clean animal and clean bird, he offered burnt offerings on the altar.
— Genesis 8:20
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.
— Genesis 12:1
From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.
— Genesis 12:8
to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.
— Genesis 13:4
And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
— Genesis 15:9
So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
— Genesis 15:10
When the sun had set and darkness had fallen, behold, a smoking firepot and a flaming torch appeared and passed between the halves of the carcasses.
— Genesis 15:17
Then Abraham brought curds and milk and the calf that had been prepared, and he set them before the men and stood by them under the tree as they ate.
— Genesis 18:8