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.
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Note Abel: Heb. Hebel
Note a keeper: Heb. a feeder
Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And again she bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Abel
- Heb. Hebel. And Abel.
- Genesis 30:29–31; Genesis 37:13; Genesis 46:32–34; Genesis 47:3; Exodus 3:1; Psalm 78:70–72; Amos 7:15
- a keeper
- Heb. a feeder.
- Genesis 4:25, 26; Psalm 127:3; John 8:44; 1 John 3:10, 12, 15
- tiller
- Genesis 3:23; Genesis 9:20