Genesis 4:2 - The Scriptures 1998

And again, she gave birth to his brother Heḇ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

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

so יהוה  Elohim sent him out of the garden of Ě

Genesis 37:13

And Yisra’ĕ

Genesis 4:1

And Aḏ

Genesis 4:3

And it came to be, in the course of time, that Qayin brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to יהוה.

Genesis 47:3

And Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.”

Genesis 9:20

And Noaḥ

Psalm 127:3

Look, children are an inheritance from יהוה, The fruit of the womb is the reward.

Exodus 3:1

And Mosheh was shepherding the flock of Yithro his father-in-law, the priest of Miḏ

Amos 7:15

“But יהוה  took me from behind the flock, and יהוה  said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Yisra’ĕ

Luke 11:50

so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world shall be required of this generation,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Heḇ

John 8:44

“You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has not stood in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks the lie, he speaks of his own, for he is a liar and the father of it.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of Elohim and the children of the devil are manifest: Everyone not doing righteousness is not of Elohim, neither the one not loving his brother.

1 John 3:12

not as Qayin who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because his works were wicked but those of his brother were righteous.

1 John 3:15

Everyone hating his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has everlasting life staying in him.