Genesis 4:2

The Passion Translation

Then later, she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel grew up to be a shepherd, and Cain became a farmer, working the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

Therefore, Yahweh-God expelled him from Eden’s paradise to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

Israel called for Joseph and said to him, “Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. I want you to go join them.” “Yes, Father, I’ll go.” Joseph replied.

Genesis 4:1

Now Adam had slept with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son named Cain. She said, “By the grace of Yahweh I have birthed a man!”

Genesis 4:3

After some time passed, Cain presented an offering to Yahweh from the produce of the land.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked the men, “What is your occupation?” “We, your servants, are shepherds, just as our fathers were,” they answered.

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a farmer, was the first to plant a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Children are God’s love-gift; they are heaven’s generous reward.

Luke 11:50

“God will hold this generation accountable for every drop of blood of every murdered prophet shed from the beginning of time until now,

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel, who was killed by his brother, to the blood of Zechariah, who was murdered in the middle of the temple court. Yes, I tell you, you will be responsible for it all.

John 8:44

“You are the offspring of your father, the devil, and you serve your father very well, passionately carrying out his desires. He’s been a murderer right from the start! He never stood with the truth, for he’s full of nothing but lies—lying is his native tongue. He is a master of deception and the father of lies!

1 John 3:10

Here is how God’s children can be clearly distinguished from the children of the Evil One. Anyone who does not demonstrate righteousness and show love to fellow believers is not living with God as his source.

1 John 3:12

We should not be like Cain, who yielded to the Evil One and brutally murdered his own brother, Abel. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who keeps hating a fellow believer is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.