Genesis 4:2
Verse 2 of 26. The 4th of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.
1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord.
2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord.
4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
6And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:2 in the World English Bible
Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.Read Genesis 4:2 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:2
Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, ch. v. 4. But Cain and Abel seem to have been the two eldest. Some think they were twins, and, as Esau and Jacob, the elder hated and the younger loved. Though God had cast our first parents out of paradise, he did not write them childless; but, to show that he had other blessings in store for them, he preserved to them the benefit of that first blessing of increase.
Read Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:1–2: Cain and Abel. (b. c. 3875.)
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