Doctrine and Covenants 138: 40

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THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS

SECTION 138

40 ^aAbel, the first ^bmartyr, was there, and his brother ^cSeth, one of the mighty ones, who was in the express ^dimage of his father, Adam.

Footnotes

40a	Gen. 4: 2 (1-8). 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a ^akeeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Moses 5: 17 (17-32). 17 And she again conceived and bare his brother Abel. And Abel ^ahearkened unto the voice of the Lord. And ^bAbel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
b	TG Martyrdom.
c	Gen. 4: 25 (25-26). 25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name ^aSeth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of ^bAbel, whom Cain slew. Moses 6: 3 (2-13). 3 And God revealed himself unto ^aSeth, and he rebelled not, but offered an acceptable ^bsacrifice, like unto his brother Abel. And to him also was born a son, and he called his name Enos.
d	Gen. 5: 3. 3 ¶ And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own ^alikeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: Moses 6: 10. 10 And ^aAdam lived one hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his own ^bimage, and called his name Seth.