Biblical character (3)
'biblical character' is the definition.
(in the Book of Genesis)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for adam that I've seen before include "Biblical first man" , "one might confuse with total stranger" , "- - Bede by George Eliot" , "- - Bede, novel" , "man expelled from garden" .)
'biblical character' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for abel that I've seen before include "Brother killed by Cain" , "He was slain by Cain" , "The first known murder victim" , "murdered second son?" , "Bale out with murder victim" .)
(Other definitions for eli that I've seen before include "Teacher of prophet Samuel" , "Religious character" , "High priest in the Book of Samuel" , "patriarch" , "- Whitney invented the cotton gin in seventeen ninety three" .)