Genesis 4:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And after a time, Cain gave to the Lord an offering of the fruits of the earth.

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  • Num 18:12 : 12 All the best of the oil and the wine and the grain, the first-fruits of them which they give to the Lord, to you have I given them.
  • Lev 2:1-9 : 1 And when anyone makes a meal offering to the Lord, let his offering be of the best meal, with oil on it and perfume: 2 And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord. 3 And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings. 4 And when you give a meal offering cooked in the oven, let it be of unleavened cakes of the best meal mixed with oil, or thin unleavened cakes covered with oil. 5 And if you give a meal offering cooked on a flat plate, let it be of the best meal, unleavened and mixed with oil. 6 Let it be broken into bits, and put oil on it; it is a meal offering. 7 And if your offering is of meal cooked in fat over the fire, let it be made of the best meal mixed with oil. 8 And you are to give the meal offering made of these things to the Lord, and let the priest take it to the altar. 9 And he is to take from the meal offering a part, for a sign, burning it on the altar; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord. 10 And the rest of the meal offering will be for Aaron and his sons; it is most holy among the Lord's fire offerings. 11 No meal offering which you give to the Lord is to be made with leaven; no leaven or honey is to be burned as an offering made by fire to the Lord.
  • Neh 13:6 : 6 But all this time I was not at Jerusalem: for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes, king of Babylon, I went to the king; and after some days, I got the king to let me go,

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  • Gen 4:4-13
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    4 And Abel gave an offering of the young lambs of his flock and of their fat. And the Lord was pleased with Abel's offering;

    5 But in Cain and his offering he had no pleasure. And Cain was angry and his face became sad.

    6 And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? and why is your face sad?

    7 If you do well, will you not have honour? and if you do wrong, sin is waiting at the door, desiring to have you, but do not let it be your master.

    8 And Cain said to his brother, Let us go into the field: and when they were in the field, Cain made an attack on his brother Abel and put him to death.

    9 And the Lord said to Cain, Where is your brother Abel? And he said, I have no idea: am I my brother's keeper?

    10 And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood is crying to me from the earth.

    11 And now you are cursed from the earth, whose mouth is open to take your brother's blood from your hand;

    12 No longer will the earth give you her fruit as the reward of your work; you will be a wanderer in flight over the earth.

    13 And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength.

  • Gen 4:1-2
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    1 And the man had connection with Eve his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to Cain, and said, I have got a man from the Lord.

    2 Then again she became with child and gave birth to Abel, his brother. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a farmer.

  • Heb 11:4
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    4 By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

  • Gen 4:15-17
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    15 And the Lord said, Truly, if Cain is put to death, seven lives will be taken for his. And the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one might put him to death.

    16 And Cain went away from before the face of the Lord, and made his living-place in the land of Nod on the east of Eden.

    17 And Cain had connection with his wife and she became with child and gave birth to Enoch: and he made a town, and gave the town the name of Enoch after his son.

  • Neh 10:35
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    35 And to take the first-fruits of our land, and the first-fruits of every sort of tree, year by year, into the house of the Lord;

  • Lev 1:2-4
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    2 Give these orders to the children of Israel: When anyone of you makes an offering to the Lord, you are to take it from the cattle, from the herd or from the flock.

    3 If the offering is a burned offering of the herd, let him give a male without a mark: he is to give it at the door of the Tent of meeting so that he may be pleasing to the Lord.

    4 And he is to put his hand on the head of the burned offering and it will be taken for him, to take away his sin.

  • Lev 3:7
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    7 If his offering is a lamb, then let it be placed before the Lord:

  • Lev 3:12
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    12 And if his offering is a goat, then let it be placed before the Lord,

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12 Not being of the Evil One like Cain, who put his brother to death. And why did he put him to death? Because his works were evil and his brother's works were good.

  • Lev 2:8
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    8 And you are to give the meal offering made of these things to the Lord, and let the priest take it to the altar.

  • Deut 26:10
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    10 So now, I have come here with the first of the fruits of the earth which you, O Lord, have given me. Then you will put it down before the Lord your God and give him worship:

  • Lev 9:16-17
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    16 And he took the burned offering, offering it in the ordered way;

    17 And he put the meal offering before the Lord, and taking some of it in his hand he had it burned on the altar, separately from the burned offering of the morning.

  • Num 15:3-4
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    3 And are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock:

    4 Then let him who is making his offering, give to the Lord a meal offering of a tenth part of a measure of the best meal mixed with a fourth part of a hin of oil:

  • Amos 4:4
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    4 Come to Beth-el and do evil; to Gilgal, increasing the number of your sins; come with your offerings every morning and your tenths every three days:

  • Lev 1:10
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    10 And if his offering is of the flock, a burned offering of sheep or goats, let him give a male without a mark.