Genesis 4:2

New International Reader's Version

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of sheep. Cain farmed the land.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God drove the man out of the Garden of Eden. He sent the man to farm the ground he had been made from.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are taking care of the flocks near Shechem. Come. I’m going to send you to them.” “All right,” Joseph replied.

Genesis 4:1

Adam loved his wife Eve and slept with her. She became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the Lord’s help I have had a baby boy.”

Genesis 4:3

After some time, Cain gathered some things he had grown. He brought them as an offering to the Lord.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What do you do for a living?” “We’re shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh. “And that’s what our fathers were.”

Genesis 9:20

Noah was a man who farmed the land. He decided to plant a field that produced grapes for making wine.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the Lord. They are a reward from him.

Exodus 3:1

Moses was taking care of the flock of his father-in-law Jethro. Jethro was the priest of Midian. Moses led the flock to the western side of the desert. He came to Horeb. It was the mountain of God.

Amos 7:15

But the Lord took me away from taking care of the flock. He said to me, ‘Go. Prophesy to my people Israel.’

Luke 11:50

So the people of today will be punished. They will pay for all the prophets’ blood spilled since the world began.

Luke 11:51

I mean from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah. He was killed between the altar and the temple. Yes, I tell you, the people of today will be punished for all these things.

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil. You want to obey your father’s wishes. From the beginning, the devil was a murderer. He has never obeyed the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his natural language. He does this because he is a liar. He is the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

Here is how you can tell the difference between God’s children and the devil’s children. Anyone who doesn’t do what is right isn’t God’s child. And anyone who doesn’t love their brother or sister isn’t God’s child either.

1 John 3:12

Don’t be like Cain. He belonged to the evil one. He murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because the things Cain had done were wrong. But the things his brother had done were right.

1 John 3:15

Anyone who hates their brother or sister is a murderer. And you know that no murderer has eternal life.