Genesis 4:2

Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.

Cross References (16)

  • 1 John 3:12 (6)

    Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own d

  • 1 John 3:15 (6)

    Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that eternal life does not reside in a murderer.

  • Luke 11:51 (4)

    from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, a

  • John 8:44 (3)

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refus

  • Genesis 47:3 (3)

    “What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and ou

  • 1 John 3:10 (3)

    By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness

  • Psalms 78:70–72 (2)

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;

  • Exodus 3:1 (2)

    Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the fa

  • Genesis 3:23 (1)

    Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

  • Psalms 127:3 (1)

    Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

  • Genesis 37:13 (1)

    Israel said to him, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them.” “I am

  • Genesis 30:29–31 (1)

    Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.

  • Genesis 4:25–26 (1)

    And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me

  • Genesis 9:20 (1)

    Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

  • Amos 7:15 (1)

    But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

  • Genesis 46:32–34 (1)

    The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.’