So the Lord God forced the man to leave the garden of Eden. Adam [22] was forced to go and work the ground he was made from.
Genesis 4:2 - Easy To Read Version After that, Eve gave birth to another baby. This baby was Cain’s brother, Abel. Abel became a shepherd. Cain became a farmer. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And [next] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. American Standard Version (1901) And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Common English Bible She gave birth a second time to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel cared for the flocks, and Cain farmed the fertile land. Catholic Public Domain Version And again she gave birth to his brother Abel. But Abel was a pastor of sheep, and Cain was a farmer. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman. |
So the Lord God forced the man to leave the garden of Eden. Adam [22] was forced to go and work the ground he was made from.
Jacob said to Joseph, “Go to Shechem. Your brothers are there with my sheep.”
Adam and his wife Eve had sexual relations and Eve gave birth to a baby. The baby was named Cain. [24] Eve said, “With the Lord’s help, I have made a man!”
At harvest time, [25] Cain brought a gift to the Lord. Cain brought some of the food that he grew from the ground. But Abel brought some animals from his flock. Abel brought the best parts of his best sheep. [26]
Children are a gift {\cf2\super [612]} from the Lord.\par They are a reward from a mother’s body.\par
Moses’ father-in-law was named Jethro. [15] Jethro was a priest of Midian. Moses took care of Jethro’s sheep. One day, Moses led the sheep to the west side of the desert. Moses went to a mountain called Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.
\{I was a shepherd\} and the Lord took me from following the sheep. The Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’
So you people that live now will be punished for the deaths of all the prophets that were killed since the beginning of the world.
You will be punished for the killing of Abel. {\cf2\super [217]} And you will be punished for the killing of Zechariah. {\cf2\super [218]} Zechariah was killed between the altar and the temple. {\cf2\super [219]} Yes, I tell you that you people that live now will be punished for them all.
Your father is the devil. You belong to him. You want to do what he wants. The devil was a murderer from the beginning. He was always against the truth. There is no truth in him. He is like the lies he tells. Yes, the devil is a liar. He is the father of lies.
So we can see who God’s children are. Also, we can know who the children of the devil are. The people who don’t do what is right are not children of God. And the person who does not love his brothers and sisters \{in Christ\} is not a child of God.
Don’t be like Cain. {\cf2\super [10]} Cain belonged to the Evil One (the devil). Cain killed his brother \{Abel {\cf2\super [11]} \}. But why did Cain kill his brother? Because the things Cain did were evil, and the things his brother \{Abel\} did were good.
Every person who hates his brother or sister is a murderer. {\cf2\super [12]} And you know that no murderer has eternal life in him.