Genesis 4:2

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Summary

Genesis 4:2

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

And abel

Amos 7:15

A keeper

Tiller

Genesis 3:23

Genesis 9:20

Bible References

And abel

Jacob answered him, “You know how I have served you and how your possessions, your cattle and sheep and goats, have fared with me.

Israel (Jacob) said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing [the flock] at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them.” And he said, “Here I am [ready to obey you].”

and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’

And Pharaoh said to his brothers [as Joseph expected], “What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, “Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers [before us].”

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

He also chose David His servant
And took him from the sheepfolds;

But the Lord took me as I followed the flock and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’

A keeper

Adam knew [Eve as] his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for [she said], “God has granted another child for me in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”

Behold, children are a heritage and gift from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb a reward.

You are of your father the devil, and it is your will to practice the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar and the father of lies and half-truths.

By this the children of God and the children of the devil are clearly identified: anyone who does not practice righteousness [who does not seek God’s will in thought, action, and purpose] is not of God, nor is the one who does not [unselfishly] love his [believing] brother.

Tiller

therefore the Lord God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

And Noah began to farm and cultivate the ground and he planted a vineyard.