We commence our study with the observation that the text syntactically distinguishes between the offerer and his offering: “The LORD looked with favor on [ʾel] Abel and on [ʾel] his offering, but on [ʾel] Cain and on [ʾel] his offering he did not look with favor” (Gen 4:4b–5a). The Torah, especially the priestly legislation (the so-called “P document”), has a rich and precise vocabulary to represent the sacraments offered to the LORD on an altar;