Genesis 4:2

And she did it again, giving birth to his brother Abel. Abel shepherded flocks and Cain became a farmer.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh asked his brothers, "What are your occupations?"

Genesis 3:23

therefore the LORD God expelled the man from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 4:25-26

Later on, after Adam had sexual relations with his wife, she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because "God granted me another offspring to replace Abel, since Cain murdered him."

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard.

Genesis 30:29-31

But Jacob replied to Laban, "You know how I've served you and how your cattle thrived under my care.

Genesis 37:13

And Israel instructed Joseph, "Your brothers are tending the flock in Shechem. Come here, because I'm going to send you to them." "Here I am!" he responded.

Genesis 46:32-34

I'll mention that the men are shepherds. Because they've been taking care of livestock, they brought along their flocks, their herds, and everything else that they own.

Exodus 3:1

Meanwhile, Moses continued tending the sheep that belonged to his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the sheep to the western desert and came to Horeb, God's mountain, where

Psalm 78:70-72

Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.

Psalm 127:3

Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD's reward.

Amos 7:15

But the LORD took me from tending the flock and the LORD kept saying to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

Luke 11:51

from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who died between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation!

John 8:44

You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

1 John 3:12

Do not be like Cain, who was from the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because what he was doing was evil and his brother's actions were righteous.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life present in him.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

And abel

Genesis 30:29
But Jacob replied to Laban, "You know how I've served you and how your cattle thrived under my care.
Genesis 37:13
And Israel instructed Joseph, "Your brothers are tending the flock in Shechem. Come here, because I'm going to send you to them." "Here I am!" he responded.
Genesis 46:32
I'll mention that the men are shepherds. Because they've been taking care of livestock, they brought along their flocks, their herds, and everything else that they own.
Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh asked his brothers, "What are your occupations?"
Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses continued tending the sheep that belonged to his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the sheep to the western desert and came to Horeb, God's mountain, where
Psalm 78:70
Then he chose his servant David, whom he took from the sheepfold.
Amos 7:15
But the LORD took me from tending the flock and the LORD kept saying to me, "Go, prophesy to my people Israel.'

A keeper

Genesis 4:25
Later on, after Adam had sexual relations with his wife, she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, because "God granted me another offspring to replace Abel, since Cain murdered him."
Psalm 127:3
Children are a gift from the LORD; a productive womb, the LORD's reward.
John 8:44
You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
1 John 3:10
This is how God's children and the Devil's children are distinguished. No person who fails to practice righteousness and to love his brother is from God.

Tiller

Genesis 3:23
therefore the LORD God expelled the man from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken.
Genesis 9:20
Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant and farm a vineyard.

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