Genesis 4:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

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

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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

3 And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

4 I am ready: he said to him: Go, and see if all things be well with thy brethren, and the cattle: and bring me word again what is doing. So being sent from the vale of Hebron, he came to Sichem:

Genesis 4:1

And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.

Genesis 4:3

And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.

Genesis 47:3

We are come to sojourn in thy land, because there is no grass for the flocks of thy servants, the famine being very grievous in the land of Chanaan: and we pray thee to give orders that we thy servants may be in the land of Gessen.

Genesis 9:20

0 And Noe, a husbandman, began to till the ground, and planted a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.

Exodus 3:1

And Moses said: I will go and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.

Amos 7:15

That we may possess the needy for money, and the poor for a pair of shoes, and may sell the refuse of the corn?

Luke 11:50

And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Luke 11:51

But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, who after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him.

John 8:44

2 The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever.

1 John 3:10

9 In this we know that we are of the truth: and in his sight shall persuade our hearts.

1 John 3:12

1 Dearly beloved, if our heart do not reprehend us, we have confidence towards God:

1 John 3:15

4 And he that keepeth his commandments, abideth in him, and he in him. And in this we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.