Genesis 4:2

Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground.

Genesis 47:3

Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did."

Genesis 3:23

So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.

Genesis 4:25-26

And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."

Genesis 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.

Genesis 30:29-31

"You know how I have worked for you," Jacob replied, "and how well your livestock have fared under my care.

Genesis 37:13

Israel said to Joseph, "Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them." "I'm ready," Joseph replied.

Genesis 46:32-34

The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.'

Exodus 3:1

Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.

Psalm 78:70-72

He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.

Psalm 127:3

Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.

Amos 7:15

Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, 'Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!'

Luke 11:51

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

John 8:44

You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

1 John 3:10

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.

1 John 3:12

not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous.

1 John 3:15

Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.

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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
"You know how I have worked for you," Jacob replied, "and how well your livestock have fared under my care.
Genesis 37:13
Israel said to Joseph, "Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them." "I'm ready," Joseph replied.
Genesis 46:32
The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.'
Genesis 47:3
Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did."
Exodus 3:1
Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb.
Psalm 78:70
He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds.
Amos 7:15
Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, 'Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!'

A keeper

Genesis 4:25
And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him."
Psalm 127:3
Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.
John 8:44
You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
1 John 3:10
By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness -- the one who does not love his fellow Christian -- is not of God.

Tiller

Genesis 3:23
So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken.
Genesis 9:20
Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard.

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