While at rest in the evenings during his quiet life among the flocks, thoughtful Abel had discovered h his body to be the refuge b of an inward friend, a guide l; and he had come to welcome h the comfort of its presence within his conscious soul b.

Wise like no other, this teacher l discerned h what his soul could accept and retain b and had led accordingly—after the pattern he, himself, followed in guiding the flocks l.

Drawn back as from a dream, as though suddenly imprisoned within a walled room,, Abel quickly h retreated b as he was, again, challenged l by Cain. He loved his elder brother, and he understood that his rather secretive life on the lonely pastures h  with the sheep b had become, oddly, a serious provocation l to brother Cain.

Gematria 37   zl;
Numerology 19   fy  >  10   y  >   1   a: 
Abel thought of his teacher as a shepherd l  who shared his watch, with determination z to defend l his life: exactly as he, himself, made commitment to the defend the lives of the sheep. Threats and dangers z were constant and required diligence; but whatever the future might hold for him, Abel understood that—for the present, anyway—he had become a convenient y target during Cain’s preoccupations with his own rage f; so this time, as he had done so often before, he again endeavored to avoid y friction. He had learned that clashes with Cain could escalate at any time into open hostility a.

Targum:  Cain saw his brother as weak h and self-absorbed b. Because they were brothers, Abel was ill-prepared l to make quick h reaction to direct physical b challenges l to his own person; so Cain had given vent h to another bout of physical b aggression, just to move things along l—just to pass the time.