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Genesis 4:2

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2And again, she 1gave birth to his brother Abel. aAbel was ba keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or bore his brother Abel, cf. 3:16

Cross references

  1. aLuke 11:50, 51
  2. bGen 46:32; 47:3

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

She also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

NLTNew Living Translation

Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel.

When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then she bore his brother Abel. And Abel became a keeper of sheep, and Cain became a tiller of the ground.

KJV 1900King James Version

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