Genesis 4:8

New American Bible - revised edition

Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.” When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.

Cross References

Genesis 4:25

Adam again had intercourse with his wife, and she gave birth to a son whom she called Seth. “God has granted me another offspring in place of Abel,” she said, “because Cain killed him.”

2 Samuel 14:6

Your servant had two sons, who quarreled in the field, with no one to part them, and one of them struck his brother and killed him.

2 Samuel 3:27

When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside within the city gate to speak with him privately. There he stabbed him in the abdomen, and he died for the blood of Asahel, Joab’s brother.

2 Chronicles 21:4

When Jehoram had acceded to his father’s kingdom and was firmly in power, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and also some of the princes of Israel.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us hold council together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” They were planning to do me harm.

Job 11:15

Surely then you may lift up your face in innocence; you may stand firm and unafraid.

Psalm 139:19

When you would destroy the wicked, O God, the bloodthirsty depart from me!

Psalm 36:3

For he lives with the delusion: his guilt will not be known and hated.

Psalm 55:21

He stretched out his hand at his friends and broke his covenant.

Hosea 4:2

Swearing, lying, murder, stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Micah 7:6

For the son belittles his father, the daughter rises up against her mother, The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and your enemies are members of your household.

Numbers 35:20

If someone pushes another out of hatred, or throws something from an ambush, and death results,

Matthew 23:35

so that there may come upon you all the righteous blood shed upon earth, from the righteous blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.

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!

Luke 22:48

Jesus said to him, “Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?”

Hebrews 11:4

By faith Abel offered to God a sacrifice greater than Cain’s. Through this he was attested to be righteous, God bearing witness to his gifts, and through this, though dead, he still speaks.

Hebrews 12:24

and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.

Jude 1:11

Woe to them! They followed the way of Cain, abandoned themselves to Balaam’s error for the sake of gain, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.