Genesis 4:2 Cross References

Genesis 4:2

2: Later she gave birth to a second son and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain was a farmer.

1 John 3:15

  1. Anyone who hates another Christian is really a murderer at heart. And you know that murderers don't have eternal life within them.

1 John 3:12

  1. We must not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and killed his brother. And why did he kill him? Because Cain had been doing what was evil, and his brother had been doing what was right.

Luke 11:51

  1. from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, it will surely be charged against you.

1 John 3:10

  1. So now we can tell who are children of God and who are children of the Devil. Anyone who does not obey God's commands and does not love other Christians does not belong to God.

John 8:44

  1. For you are the children of your father the Devil, and you love to do the evil things he does. He was a murderer from the beginning and has always hated the truth. There is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Genesis 47:3

  1. Pharaoh asked them, "What is your occupation?" And they replied, "We are shepherds like our ancestors.

Genesis 4:25

  1. Adam slept with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth, for she said, "God has granted me another son in place of Abel, the one Cain killed."
  2. When Seth grew up, he had a son and named him Enosh. It was during his lifetime that people first began to worship the LORD.

Psalms 78:70

  1. He chose his servant David, calling him from the sheep pens.
  2. He took David from tending the ewes and lambs and made him the shepherd of Jacob's descendants--God's own people, Israel.
  3. He cared for them with a true heart and led them with skillful hands.

Psalms 127:3

  1. Children are a gift from the LORD; they are a reward from him.

Genesis 37:13

  1. When they had been gone for some time, Jacob said to Joseph, "Your brothers are over at Shechem with the flocks. I'm going to send you to them.I'm ready to go," Joseph replied.

Exodus 3:1

  1. One day Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he went deep into the wilderness near Sinai, the mountain of God.

Amos 7:15

  1. But the LORD called me away from my flock and told me, `Go and prophesy to my people in Israel.'

Genesis 30:29

  1. Jacob replied, "You know how faithfully I've served you through these many years, and how your flocks and herds have grown.
  2. You had little indeed before I came, and your wealth has increased enormously. The LORD has blessed you from everything I do! But now, what about me? When should I provide for my own family?"
  3. "What wages do you want?" Laban asked again. Jacob replied, "Don't give me anything at all. Just do one thing, and I'll go back to work for you.

Genesis 9:20

  1. After the Flood, Noah became a farmer and planted a vineyard.

Genesis 3:23

  1. So the LORD God banished Adam and his wife from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.

Genesis 46:32

  1. And I will tell him, `These men are shepherds and livestock breeders. They have brought with them their flocks and herds and everything they own.'
  2. So when Pharaoh calls for you and asks you about your occupation,
  3. tell him, `We have been livestock breeders from our youth, as our ancestors have been for many generations.' When you tell him this, he will let you live here in the land of Goshen, for shepherds are despised in the land of Egypt."
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