Genesis 4:2

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

and she addeth to bear his brother, even Abel. And Abel is feeding a flock, and Cain hath been servant of the ground.

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  • 1 John 3:15 : 15 Every one who is hating his brother -- a man-killer he is, and ye have known that no man-killer hath life age-during in him remaining,
  • Luke 11:51 : 51 from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the house; yes, I say to you, It shall be required from this generation.
  • 1 John 3:10 : 10 In this manifest are the children of God, and the children of the devil; every one who is not doing righteousness, is not of God, and he who is not loving his brother,
  • 1 John 3:12 : 12 not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.
  • John 8:44 : 44 `Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father.
  • Gen 47:3 : 3 and Pharaoh saith unto his brethren, `What `are' your works?' and they say unto Pharaoh, `Thy servants `are' feeders of a flock, both we and our fathers;'
  • Exod 3:1 : 1 And Moses hath been feeding the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, priest of Midian, and he leadeth the flock behind the wilderness, and cometh in unto the mount of God, to Horeb;
  • Ps 78:70-72 : 70 And He fixeth on David His servant, And taketh him from the folds of a flock, 71 From behind suckling ones He hath brought him in, To rule over Jacob His people, And over Israel His inheritance. 72 And he ruleth them according to the integrity of his heart, And by the skilfulness of his hands leadeth them!
  • Ps 127:3 : 3 Lo, an inheritance of Jehovah `are' sons, A reward `is' the fruit of the womb.
  • Amos 7:15 : 15 and Jehovah taketh me from after the flock, and Jehovah saith unto me, Go, prophesy unto My people Israel.
  • Gen 3:23 : 23 Jehovah God sendeth him forth from the garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he hath been taken;
  • Gen 4:25-26 : 25 And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him. 26 And to Seth, to him also a son hath been born, and he calleth his name Enos; then a beginning was made of preaching in the name of Jehovah.
  • Gen 9:20 : 20 And Noah remaineth a man of the ground, and planteth a vineyard,
  • Gen 30:29-31 : 29 And he saith unto him, `Thou -- thou hast known that which I have served thee `in', and that which thy substance was with me; 30 for `it is' little which thou hast had at my appearance, and it breaketh forth into a multitude, and Jehovah blesseth thee at my coming; and now, when do I make, I also, for mine own house?' 31 And he saith, `What do I give to thee?' And Jacob saith, `Thou dost not give me anything; if thou do for me this thing, I turn back; I have delight; thy flock I watch;
  • Gen 37:13 : 13 and Israel saith unto Joseph, `Are not thy brethren feeding in Shechem? come, and I send thee unto them;' and he saith to him, `Here `am' I;'
  • Gen 46:32-34 : 32 and the men `are' feeders of a flock, for they have been men of cattle; and their flock, and their herd, and all that they have, they have brought.' 33 `And it hath come to pass when Pharaoh calleth for you, and hath said, What `are' your works? 34 that ye have said, Thy servants have been men of cattle from our youth, even until now, both we and our fathers, -- in order that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen, for the abomination of the Egyptians is every one feeding a flock.'

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  • Gen 4:3-18
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    3And it cometh to pass at the end of days that Cain bringeth from the fruit of the ground a present to Jehovah;

    4and Abel, he hath brought, he also, from the female firstlings of his flock, even from their fat ones; and Jehovah looketh unto Abel and unto his present,

    5and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

    6And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

    7Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'

    8And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

    9And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Where `is' Abel thy brother?' and he saith, `I have not known; my brother's keeper -- I?'

    10And He saith, `What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood is crying unto Me from the ground;

    11and now, cursed `art' thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand;

    12when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'

    13And Cain saith unto Jehovah, `Greater is my punishment than to be borne;

    14lo, Thou hast driven me to-day from off the face of the ground, and from Thy face I am hid; and I have been a wanderer, even a trembling one, in the earth, and it hath been -- every one finding me doth slay me.'

    15And Jehovah saith to him, `Therefore -- of any slayer of Cain sevenfold it is required;' and Jehovah setteth to Cain a token that none finding him doth slay him.

    16And Cain goeth out from before Jehovah, and dwelleth in the land, moving about east of Eden;

    17and Cain knoweth his wife, and she conceiveth, and beareth Enoch; and he is building a city, and he calleth the name of the city, according to the name of his son -- Enoch.

    18And born to Enoch is Irad; and Irad hath begotten Mehujael; and Mehujael hath begotten Methusael; and Methusael hath begotten Lamech.

  • Gen 4:1
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    1And the man knew Eve his wife, and she conceiveth and beareth Cain, and saith, `I have gotten a man by Jehovah;'

  • Gen 4:25
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    25And Adam again knoweth his wife, and she beareth a son, and calleth his name Seth, `for God hath appointed for me another seed instead of Abel:' for Cain had slain him.

  • Gen 4:20
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    20And Adah beareth Jabal, he hath been father of those inhabiting tents and purchased possessions;

  • 1 John 3:12
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    12not as Cain -- of the evil one he was, and he did slay his brother, and wherefore did he slay him? because his works were evil, and those of his brother righteous.

  • Gen 5:4
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    4And the days of Adam after his begetting Seth are eight hundred years, and he begetteth sons and daughters.

  • Gen 2:15
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    15And Jehovah God taketh the man, and causeth him to rest in the garden of Eden, to serve it, and to keep it.

  • Gen 4:22
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    22And Zillah she also bare Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron; and a sister of Tubal-Cain `is' Naamah.