Genesis 4:2

She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel was a shepherd, while Cain was a farmer.

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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

1Adam lay with his wife Eve and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have created a man with the help of the Lord!”

3In the course of time Cain brought some of the ground’s produce as an offering to the Lord.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:25Adam lay with his wife again and she bore a son. She named him Seth: “because God gave me another son for Abel, who was killed by Cain.”

Genesis 30:29Jacob answered him, “You know how I have served you and what your cattle have become under my care;

Genesis 46:32Now the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of cattle; and they have brought their flocks and cattle and all that they have.’

Psalms 127:3Children are a gift of the Lord, the fruit of the womb, a reward.

Luke 11:51from the blood of Abel down to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the house of God.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be exacted 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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