Genesis 4:2

Free Bible Version

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, while Cain was a crop farmer.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God expelled them from the Garden of Eden. He sent Adam to cultivate the ground from which he'd been made.

Genesis 37:13

Israel told Joseph, “Your brothers are looking after the sheep near Shechem. Get ready because I want you to go and see them.” “I'll do it,” Joseph replied.

Genesis 4:1

Adam slept with his wife Eve and she became pregnant. She gave birth to Cain, and said, “With the Lord's help I have made a man.”

Genesis 4:3

Sometime later Cain brought some of the produce he'd grown as an offering to the Lord.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What work do you do?” “Your servants are shepherds, just like our fathers before us,” they replied.

Genesis 9:20

Noah started to cultivate the ground as a farmer, and he planted a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Children certainly are a gift from the Lord, for a family is a blessing.

Exodus 3:1

Moses was a shepherd, looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the Midianite priest. He led the flock far into the wilderness until he came to God's mountain, Mount Horeb.

Amos 7:15

The Lord took me from following my flock, and the Lord told me, ‘Go, and give my message to my people of Israel.’”

Luke 11:50

Consequently, this generation will be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets shed from the beginning of the world,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel right up to the blood of Zachariah who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held accountable for all of it.

John 8:44

Your father is the devil, and you love to follow your father's evil desires. He was a murderer from the beginning. He never stood for the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies he reveals his true character, for he's a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

This is how God's children and the devil's children can be distinguished: all those who don't do what's right don't belong to God, nor do those who don't love their fellow Christians.

1 John 3:12

We cannot be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one, and murdered his brother. Why did he murder him? Because Cain did what was evil, while his brother did what was right.

1 John 3:15

All those who hate their Christian brothers and sisters are murderers, and you know that no murderers have eternal life within them!