And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground.

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Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.(A)

Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil.(B)

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25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed[a] for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:25 Seth sounds like the Hebrew for he appointed

25 Adam made love to his wife(A) again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth,[a](B) saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:25 Seth probably means granted.