In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground,
And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground.
and Abel brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,
And after a while the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land.
While this was taking place I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Ar-ta-xerxes king of Babylon I went to the king. And after some time I asked leave of the king
All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine and of the grain, the first fruits of what they give to the Lord, I give to you.
Woe to them! For they walk in the way of Cain, and abandon themselves for the sake of gain to Balaam's error, and perish in Korah's rebellion.