And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And in the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground. American Standard Version (1901) And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto Jehovah. Common English Bible Some time later, Cain presented an offering to the LORD from the land’s crops Catholic Public Domain Version Then it happened, after many days, that Cain offered gifts to the Lord, from the fruits of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord. |
And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went unto the king, and after certain days asked I leave of the king:
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the vintage, and of the corn, the firstfruits of them which they give unto the LORD, to thee have I given them.
Woe unto them! for they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah.