Genesis 4:2 - New Revised Standard Version

² Next she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And [next] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

American Standard Version (1901)

² And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Common English Bible

² She gave birth a second time to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel cared for the flocks, and Cain farmed the fertile land.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

Genesis 4:2 Cross References

Genesis 3:23

therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” He answered, “Here I am.”

Genesis 4:1

Now the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 4:3

In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our ancestors were.”

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Sons are indeed a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Exodus 3:1

Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Amos 7:15

and the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Luke 11:50

so that this generation may be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation.

John 8:44

You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

The children of God and the children of the devil are revealed in this way: all who do not do what is right are not from God, nor are those who do not love their brothers and sisters.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

1 John 3:15

All who hate a brother or sister are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life abiding in them.