Genesis 4:2

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

Genesis 4:1

Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 4:3

In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

Genesis 9:20

Noah was the first tiller of the soil. He planted a vineyard;

Psalm 127:3

Lo, sons are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.

Exodus 3:1

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

Amos 7:15

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

Luke 11:50

that the blood of all the prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be required of this generation.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

By this it may be seen who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not do right is not of God, nor he who does not love his brother.

1 John 3:12

and not be like Cain who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

1 John 3:15

Any one who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.