Genesis 4:2

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Cross References

Genesis 3:23

Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, “Aren’t your brothers feeding the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” He said to him, “Here I am.”

Genesis 4:1

The man knew Havah his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, “I have gotten a man with the LORD’s help.”

Genesis 4:3

As time passed, Cain brought an offering to the LORD from the fruit of the ground.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh said to his brothers, “What is your occupation?” They said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.”

Genesis 9:20

Noah began to be a farmer, and planted a vineyard.

Psalm 127:3

Behold, children are a heritage of the LORD. The fruit of the womb is his reward.

Exodus 3:1

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

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, which was 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 will be required of this generation.

John 8:44

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn’t stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

In this the children of God are revealed, and the children of the devil. Whoever doesn’t do righteousness is not of God, neither is he who doesn’t love his brother.

1 John 3:12

unlike Cain, who was of the evil one and killed his brother. Why did he kill him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother’s righteous.

1 John 3:15

Whoever hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life remaining in him.