Genesis 4:2
Again she gave birth, to Cain [Acquisition]’s brother Abel [Vanity, Mourning]. Abel [Vanity, Mourning] was a keeper of sheep, but Cain [Acquisition] was a tiller of the ground.
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3As time passed, Cain [Acquisition] brought an offering to Adonai from the fruit of the ground.
Cross References
Genesis 4:25Adam [Human, Red earth] knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth [Appointed], saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel [Vanity, Mourning], for Cain [Acquisition] killed him.”
Genesis 30:29He said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
Genesis 46:32These men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have.’
Exodus 3:1Now Moses [Drawn out] was keeping the flock of Jethro [Abundance], his father-in-law, the priest of Midian [Strife], and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God’s mountain, to Horeb [Desert].
Psalms 127:3Behold, children are a heritage of Adonai. 2 The fruit of the womb is his reward. 1
Luke 11:51from the blood of Abel [Vanity, Mourning] + 11:51. Quoted from Gen 4:9-11 to the blood of Zachariah, + 11:51. Quoted from 2 Chr 24:20-22 who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will 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 →