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 esau that I've seen before include "Would-be fratricide" , "wronged brother" , "Twin brother of Jacob" , "Jacob's twin (Bible)" , "He gave away his biblical birthright for a mess of pottage" .)
(Other definitions for eli that I've seen before include "Teacher of prophet Samuel" , "Biblical high priest" , "Distort then untruth to get a Biblical character" , "- Whitney invented the cotton gin in seventeen ninety three" , "Old Testament priest, the prophet Samuel's teacher" .)