Genesis 4:2

Good News Translation (US Version)

Later she gave birth to another son, Abel. Abel became a shepherd, but Cain was a farmer.

Cross References

1 John 3:15

Those who hate others are murderers, and you know that murderers do not have eternal life in them.

1 John 3:12

We must not be like Cain; he belonged to the Evil One and murdered his own brother Abel. Why did Cain murder him? Because the things he himself did were wrong, and the things his brother did were right.

Luke 11:51

from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the Holy Place. Yes, I tell you, the people of this time will be punished for them all!

1 John 3:10

Here is the clear difference between God's children and the Devil's children: those who do not do what is right or do not love others are not God's children.

John 8:44

You are the children of your father, the Devil, and you want to follow your father's desires. From the very beginning he was a murderer and has never been on the side of truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he is only doing what is natural to him, because he is a liar and the father of all lies.

Genesis 47:3

The king asked them, “What is your occupation?” “We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were,” they answered.

Exodus 3:1

One day while Moses was taking care of the sheep and goats of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, he led the flock across the desert and came to Sinai, the holy mountain.

Amos 7:15

But the Lord took me from my work as a shepherd and ordered me to come and prophesy to his people Israel.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a real blessing.

Genesis 37:13

Jacob said to Joseph, “I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock.” Joseph answered, “I am ready.”

Genesis 9:20

Noah, who was a farmer, was the first man to plant a vineyard.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God sent them out of the Garden of Eden and made them cultivate the soil from which they had been formed.

Luke 11:50

So the people of this time will be punished for the murder of all the prophets killed since the creation of the world,

Genesis 4:1

Then Adam had intercourse with his wife, and she became pregnant. She bore a son and said, “By the Lord's help I have gotten a son.” So she named him Cain.

Genesis 4:3

After some time Cain brought some of his harvest and gave it as an offering to the Lord.