וישע ה' אל הבל ואל מנחתו. מכאן תשובה, למינים שכופרים בעולם הבא. דבמה שעה אליו, והרי נהרג מיד, אלא על כרחך צריך לומר, שקבל קרבנו, וזכהו לעוה"ב: וישע ה' אל הבל ואל מנחתו, “the Lord turned favorably to Hevel and to his offering;” this verse is the best answer to the heretics who deny the existence of an afterlife, as seeing that Hevel was murdered shortly after G–d is on record as having gratefully accepted his offering, what use would that have been to him seeing that the same G–d did not even protect him against being murdered by his own brother. We must therefore view this verse as telling us that by dint of his offering Hevel acquired a share in afterlife. [The concept of afterlife was new, as his father having introduced mortality of human beings through his sin had not yet done anything to at least acquire an afterlife. Ed.]