Genesis 4:2
Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd, but Cain cultivated the soil.
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Genesis 4:25Adam slept with his wife again, and she bore another son. She called his name Seth and said, “God has given me another son in the place of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
Genesis 30:29Jacob said to him, “You know how I have served you, and how your livestock have fared with me.
Genesis 46:32The men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock. They have brought their flocks, their herds, and all that they have.'
Exodus 3:1Now Moses was still shepherding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian. Moses led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and arrived at Horeb, the mountain of God.
Psalms 127:3See, children are a heritage from Yahweh, 1 and the fruit of the womb is a reward from him. 1
Luke 11:51from Abel's blood to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I say to you, this generation will be held responsible.
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 →