And in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit of the ground to the Lord.
“All the best of the oil, all the best of the new wine and the grain, their firstfruits which they offer to the Lord, I have given them to you.
And it happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.
But during all this I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had returned to the king. Then after certain days I obtained leave from the king,
Woe to them! For they have gone in the way of Cain, have run greedily in the error of Balaam for profit, and perished in the rebellion of Korah.
Then she bore again, this time his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord respected Abel and his offering,