In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,
All the best of the oil and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you.
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
While this was taking place, I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king
Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam’s error and perished in Korah’s rebellion.
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.
and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,