Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
Genesis 4:2 - King James 2000 And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 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. |
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send you unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.
And Pharaoh said unto his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
Lo, children are a heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the west side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.
In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother.
Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.
Whosoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.