Genesis 4:2
Later she gave birth to Cain's brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the soil.
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Abel.

Genesis 30:29-31
Then Jacob answered, "You know how I have served you and how well your livestock has fared under my care. . . .

Genesis 37:13
Israel said to him, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flocks at Shechem? Get ready; I am sending you to them." "I am ready, " Joseph replied.

Genesis 46:32-34
The men are shepherds; they raise livestock, and they have brought their flocks and herds and all that they own.' . . .

Genesis 47:3
"What is your occupation?" Pharaoh asked Joseph's brothers. "Your servants are shepherds, " they replied, "both we and our fathers."

Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.

Psalm 78:70-72
He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; . . .

Amos 7:15
But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, 'Go, prophesy to My people Israel.'

a keeper.

Genesis 4:25, 26
And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, "God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him." . . .

Psalm 127:3
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10, 12, 15
By this the children of God are distinguished from the children of the devil: Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor is anyone who does not love his brother. . . .

tiller.

Genesis 3:23
Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 9:20
Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

King James Bible
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

International Standard Version
And she did it again, giving birth to his brother Abel. Abel shepherded flocks and Cain became a farmer.

NET Bible
Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.
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