Genesis 4:2

Modern English Version

Then she gave birth again to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He answered, “Here I am.”

Genesis 4:1

Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived, gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 4:3

In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the Lord of the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and also our fathers.”

Genesis 9:20

Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Amos 7:15

But the Lord took me away from the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

Luke 11:50

that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the beginning of the world, may be required from this generation,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required from this generation.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Whoever does not live in righteousness is not of God, nor is the one who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:12

not like Cain, who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s works were righteous.

1 John 3:15

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.