Genesis 4:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

And againe she brought foorth his brother Habel, & Habel was a keeper of sheepe, and Kain was a tiller of the ground.

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  • 1 John 3:15 : 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother, is a manslayer: and ye know that no manslayer hath eternall life abiding in him.
  • Luke 11:51 : 51 From the blood of Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias, which was slaine betweene the altar and the Temple: verely I say vnto you, it shall be required of this generation.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this are the children of God knowen, and the children of the deuil: whosoeuer doeth not righteousnesse, is not of God, neither he that loueth not his brother.
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.
  • John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
  • Gen 47:3 : 3 Then Pharaoh said vnto his brethren, What is your trade? And they answered Pharaoh, Thy seruants are shepheards, both we and our fathers.
  • Exod 3:1 : 1 When Moses kept the sheepe of Iethro his father in lawe, Priest of Midian, & droue the flocke to the backe side of the desert, and came to the Mountaine of God, Horeb,
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 He chose Dauid also his seruant, and tooke him from the shepefolds. 71 Euen from behinde the ewes with yong brought he him to feede his people in Iaakob, and his inheritance in Israel. 72 So he fed them according to the simplicitie of his heart, and guided them by the discretion of his hands.
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Beholde, children are the inheritance of the Lord, and the fruite of the wombe his rewarde.
  • Amos 7:15 : 15 And the Lord tooke me as I followed the flocke, and the Lord said vnto me, Go, prophecie vnto my people Israel.
  • Gen 3:23 : 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him foorth from the garden of Eden, to till ye earth, whence he was taken.
  • Gen 4:25-26 : 25 And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him. 26 And to ye same Sheth also there was borne a sonne, and he called his name Enosh. Then beganne men to call vpon the name of the Lord.
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 Noah also began to be an husband man and planted a vineyard.
  • Gen 30:29-31 : 29 But he sayd vnto him, Thou knowest, what seruice I haue done thee, and in what taking thy cattell hath bene vnder me. 30 For the litle, that thou haddest before I came, is increased into a multitude: and the Lorde hath blessed thee by my coming: but nowe when shall I trauell for mine owne house also? 31 Then he saide, What shal I giue thee? And Iaakob answered, Thou shalt giue mee nothing at all: if thou wilt doe this thing for mee, I will returne, feede, and keepe thy sheepe.
  • Gen 37:13 : 13 And Israel said vnto Ioseph, Doe not thy brethren keepe in Shechem? Come and I will send thee to them.
  • Gen 46:32-34 : 32 And the men are shepheardes, & because they are shepheardes, they haue brought their sheepe and their cattell, and all that they haue. 33 And if Pharaoh call you, and aske you, What is your trade? 34 Then ye shal say, Thy seruants are men occupied about cattell, from our childehoode euen vnto this time, both we and our fathers: that yee may dwell in the lande of Goshen: for euery sheepe keeper is an abomination vnto the Egyptians.

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  • Gen 4:3-18
    16 verses
    81%

    3And in processe of time it came to passe, that Kain brought an oblation vnto the Lorde of the fruite of the ground.

    4And Habel also him selfe brought of the first fruites of his sheepe, and of the fat of them, and the Lorde had respect vnto Habel, and to his offering,

    5But vnto Kain and to his offering he had no regarde: wherefore Kain was exceeding wroth, and his countenance fell downe.

    6Then ye Lord said vnto Kain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance cast downe?

    7If thou do well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sinne lieth at the doore: also vnto thee his desire shalbe subiect, and thou shalt rule ouer him.

    8Then Kain spake to Habel his brother; when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.

    9Then the Lorde said vnto Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? Who answered, I cannot tell. Am I my brothers keeper?

    10Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

    11Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

    12When thou shalt till the grounde, it shall not henceforth yeelde vnto thee her strength: a vagabond and a runnagate shalt thou be in the earth.

    13Then Kain said to the Lorde, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.

    14Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.

    15Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde; the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill him.

    16Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.

    17Kain also knewe his wife, which conceiued and bare Henoch: and he built a citie, and called the name of the citie by ye name of his sonne, Henoch.

    18And to Henoch was borne Irad, and Irad begate Mehuiael, and Mehuiael begate Methushael, and Methushael begate Lamech.

  • Gen 4:1
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    1Afterwarde the man knewe Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.

  • Gen 4:25
    78%

    25And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him.

  • Gen 4:20
    74%

    20And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12Not as Cain which was of that wicked one, and slewe his brother: and wherefore slewe he him? because his owne workes were euill, and his brothers good.

  • Gen 5:4
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    4And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters.

  • Gen 2:15
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    15Then the Lord God tooke the man, and put him into the garden of Eden, that he might dresse it and keepe it.

  • Gen 4:22
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    22And Zillah also bare Tubal-kain, who wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and of yron: and the sister of Tubal-kain was Naamah.