Again,she gavebirthto his brotherAbel.And Abelwas a keeperof flocks,but Cainwas a tillerof the ground.
therefore the LORDGodsenthim out from the gardenof Eden,to cultivatethe groundfrom whichhe was taken.
Israelsaidto Joseph,"Are not your brotherspasturing[the flock] in Shechem?Come,and I will sendyou to them." And he saidto him, "I will go."
Now the manhadrelationswith his wifeEve,and she conceivedand gavebirthto Cain,and she said,"I have gottena manchildwith [the help of] the LORD."
So it cameabout in the courseof timethat Cainbroughtan offeringto the LORDof the fruitof the ground.
Then Pharaohsaidto his brothers,"Whatis your occupation?"So they saidto Pharaoh,"Your servantsare shepherds,bothwe and our fathers."
Then Noahbeganfarmingand planteda vineyard.
Behold,childrenare a giftof the LORD,The fruitof the wombis a reward.
Now Moseswas pasturingthe flockof Jethrohis father-in-law,the priestof Midian;and he ledthe flockto the westsideof the wildernessand cameto Horeb,the mountainof God.
"But the LORDtookme from followingthe flockand the LORDsaidto me, 'Goprophesyto My peopleIsrael.'
sothat the bloodof allthe prophets,shedsincethe foundationof the world,may be chargedagainstthisgeneration,
from the bloodof Abelto the bloodof Zechariah,who was killedbetweenthe altarand the house[of God]; yes,I tellyou, it shall be chargedagainstthisgeneration.'
"You are of [your] fatherthe devil,and you wantto dothe desiresof your father.He was a murdererfrom the beginning,and does not standin the truthbecausethere is notruthin him. Wheneverhe speaksa lie,he speaksfrom his own[nature], for he is a liarand the fatherof lies.
By thisthe childrenof Godand the childrenof the devilare obvious:anyonewho does not practicerighteousnessis not of God,northe one who does not lovehis brother.
not as Cain,[who] was of the eviloneand slewhis brother.And for whatreasondid he slayhim? Becausehis deedswere evil,and his brother'swere righteous.
Everyonewho hateshis brotheris a murderer;and you knowthat nomurdererhaseternallifeabidingin him.
