Genesis 4:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Later she had another son and named him Abel. Abel became a sheep farmer, but Cain farmed the land.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

So the LORD God sent them out of the Garden of Eden, where they would have to work the ground from which the man had been made.

Genesis 37:13

his father Jacob said to him, “I want you to go to your brothers. They are with the sheep near Shechem.” “Yes, sir,” Joseph answered.

Genesis 4:1

Adam and Eve had a son. Then Eve said, “I'll name him Cain because I got him with the help of the LORD.”

Genesis 4:3

One day, Cain gave part of his harvest to the LORD,

Genesis 47:3

who asked them, “What do you do for a living?” “Sir, we are shepherds,” was their answer. “Our families have always raised sheep.

Genesis 9:20

Noah farmed the land and was the first to plant a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a blessing and a gift from the LORD.

Exodus 3:1

One day, Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and Moses decided to lead them across the desert to Sinai, the holy mountain.

Amos 7:15

But the LORD told me to leave my herds and preach to the people of Israel.

Luke 11:50

You people living today will be punished for all the prophets who have been murdered since the beginning of the world.

Luke 11:51

This includes every prophet from the time of Abel to the time of Zechariah, who was murdered between the altar and the temple. You people will certainly be punished for all this.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil, and you do exactly what he wants. He has always been a murderer and a liar. There is nothing truthful about him. He speaks on his own, and everything he says is a lie. Not only is he a liar himself, but he is also the father of all lies.

1 John 3:10

You can tell God's children from the devil's children, because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right or to love each other.

1 John 3:12

Don't be like Cain, who belonged to the devil and murdered his own brother. Why did he murder him? He did it because his brother was good, and he was evil.

1 John 3:15

If you hate each other, you are murderers, and we know that murderers do not have eternal life.