Genesis 4:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Cain. Eve said, “With the Lord’s help, I have made a man!”

Cross References

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. He belonged to the Evil One. Cain killed his brother. But why did he kill him? Because what Cain did was evil, and what his brother did was good.

Genesis 3:15

I will make you and the woman enemies to each other. Your children and her children will be enemies. You will bite her child’s foot, but he will crush your head.”

Genesis 4:25

Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth. Eve said, “God has given me another son. Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth.”

Genesis 5:29

Lamech named his son Noah. Lamech said, “We work very hard as farmers because God cursed the ground. But Noah will bring us rest.”

Numbers 31:17

Now, kill all the Midianite boys, and kill all the Midianite women who have had sexual relations with a man.

Genesis 3:24

God forced the man to leave the garden. Then he put Cherub angels and a sword of fire at the entrance to the garden to protect it. The sword flashed around and around, guarding the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 4:2

Eve gave birth again to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel became a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord, a reward from a mother’s womb.