Genesis 4:2

and she adds to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain has been servant of the ground.

Literal Standard Version

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 the man knew his wife Eve, and she conceives and bears Cain, and says, “I have acquired a man by YHWH”;

3And it comes to pass at the end of days that Cain brings from the fruit of the ground a present to YHWH;

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Cross References

Genesis 4:25And Adam again knows his wife, and she bears a son, and calls his name Seth, “for God has appointed for me another seed instead of Abel”: for Cain had slain him.

Genesis 30:29And he says to him, “You have known that which I have served you [in], and that which your substance was with me;

Genesis 46:32and the men [are] feeders of a flock, for they have been men of livestock; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.

Exodus 3:1And Moses has been feeding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, priest of Midian, and he leads the flock behind the wilderness, and comes to the mountain of God, to Horeb;

Psalms 127:3Behold, sons [are] an inheritance of YHWH, || The fruit of the womb [is] a reward.

Luke 11:51from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, it will be required from 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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