Genesis 4:2

God's Word

Then she gave birth to another child, Abel, Cain’s brother. Abel was a shepherd, and Cain was a farmer.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God sent the man out of the Garden of Eden to farm the ground from which the man had been formed.

Genesis 37:13

Israel then said to Joseph, “Your brothers are taking care of the flocks at Shechem. I’m going to send you to them.” Joseph responded, “I’ll go.”

Genesis 4:1

Adam made love to his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “I have gotten the man that the Lord promised.”

Genesis 4:3

Later Cain brought some crops from the land as an offering to the Lord.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What kind of work do you do?” They answered Pharaoh, “We are shepherds, as were our ancestors.

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a farmer, was the first person to plant a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Children are an inheritance from the Lord. They are a reward from him.

Exodus 3:1

Moses was taking care of the sheep of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. As he led the sheep to the far side of the desert, he came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Amos 7:15

But the Lord took me away from herding the flock and said to me, ‘Prophesy to my people Israel.’

Luke 11:50

So the people living now will be charged with the murder of every prophet since the world was made.

Luke 11:51

This includes the murders from Abel to Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the temple. Yes, I can guarantee this truth: The people living today will be held responsible for this.

John 8:44

You come from your father, the devil, and you desire to do what your father wants you to do. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He has never been truthful. He doesn’t know what the truth is. Whenever he tells a lie, he’s doing what comes naturally to him. He’s a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

This is the way God’s children are distinguished from the devil’s children. Everyone who doesn’t do what is right or love other believers isn’t God’s child.

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. He was a child of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain murder his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil and the things his brother did had God’s approval.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates another believer is a murderer, and you know that a murderer doesn’t have eternal life.