Genesis 4:2

New International Version

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

Cross References

1 John 3:15

Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.

1 John 3:10

This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.

John 8:44

You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Amos 7:15

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

Psalm 127:3

Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.

Genesis 37:13

and Israel said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I am going to send you to them.” “Very well,” he replied.

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

Luke 11:50

Therefore this generation will be held responsible for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world,

Genesis 4:1

Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth a man.”

Genesis 4:3

In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord.