Genesis 4:2

New Century Version

After that, Eve gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel took care of flocks, and Cain became a farmer.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God forced Adam out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, “Go to Shechem where your brothers are grazing the flocks.” Joseph answered, “I will go.”

Genesis 4:1

Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Eve said, “With the Lord’s help, I have given birth to a man.”

Genesis 4:3

Later, Cain brought some food from the ground as a gift to God.

Genesis 47:3

The king said to the brothers, “What work do you do?” And they said to him, “We, your servants, are shepherds, just as our ancestors were.”

Genesis 9:20

Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord; babies are a reward.

Exodus 3:1

One day Moses was taking care of Jethro’s flock. (Jethro was the priest of Midian and also Moses’ father-in-law.) When Moses led the flock to the west side of the desert, he came to Sinai, the mountain of God.

Amos 7:15

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

Luke 11:50

So you who live now will be punished for the deaths of all the prophets who were killed since the beginning of the world—

Luke 11:51

from the killing of Abel to the killing of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the Temple. Yes, I tell you that you who are alive now will be punished for them all.

John 8:44

You belong to your father the devil, and you want to do what he wants. He was a murderer from the beginning and was against the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he shows what he is really like, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

So we can see who God’s children are and who the devil’s children are: Those who do not do what is right are not God’s children, and those who do not love their brothers and sisters are not God’s children.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain who belonged to the Evil One and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother did were good.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderers have eternal life in them.