Genesis 4:2 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

² And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was 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 whence he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.

Genesis 4:1

And the man knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.

Genesis 4:3

And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

Genesis 47:3

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

Genesis 9:20

And Noah began to be an husbandman, and planted a vineyard:

Psalm 127:3

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: And the fruit of the womb is his reward.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to the mountain of God, unto Horeb.

Amos 7:15

and the LORD took me from following the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.

Luke 11:50

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

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary: yea, I say unto you, it shall be required of this generation.

John 8:44

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stood not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother.

1 John 3:12

not as Cain was of the evil one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

1 John 3:15

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him.