Genesis 4:2

And again she brought forth his brother Abel. And Abel was a shepherd, and Cain a husbandman.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

In Context

1And Adam knew Eve his wife: who conceived and brought forth Cain, saying: I have gotten a man through God.

3And it came to pass after many days, that Cain offered, of the fruits of the earth, gifts to the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:25Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed, for Abel whom Cain slew.

Genesis 30:29But he answered: Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how great thy possession hath been in my hands.

Genesis 46:32And the men are shepherds, and their occupation is to feed cattle: their flocks and herds, and all they have, they have brought with them.

Exodus 3:1Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, Horeb.

Psalms 127:3The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.

Luke 11:51From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who was slain between the alter and the temple: Yea I say to you, It shall be required of this generation.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:2-3

Cain and Abel. ( b. c. 3875.) 1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord . 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, ch. v. 4 . But Cain and Abel seem to have been the two eldest. Some think they were twins, and, as Esau and Jacob, the elder hated and the younger loved. Though God had cast our first parents out of paradise, he did not write… Read the whole commentary →

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