Genesis 4:2

New American Bible - revised edition

Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a herder of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

The Lord God therefore banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, “Are your brothers not tending our flocks at Shechem? Come and I will send you to them.” “I am ready,” Joseph answered.

Genesis 4:1

The man had intercourse with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have produced a male child with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 4:3

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

Genesis 47:3

When Pharaoh asked them, “What is your occupation?” they answered, “We, your servants, like our ancestors, are shepherds.

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Certainly sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.

Exodus 3:1

Meanwhile Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. Leading the flock beyond the wilderness, he came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Amos 7:15

but the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

Luke 11:50

in order that this generation might be charged with the blood of all the prophets shed since the foundation of the world,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah who died between the altar and the temple building. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be charged with their blood!

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil and you willingly carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

In this way, the children of God and the children of the devil are made plain; no one who fails to act in righteousness belongs to God, nor anyone who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain who belonged to the evil one and slaughtered his brother. Why did he slaughter him? Because his own works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

1 John 3:15

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