Genesis 4:1-12

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Cain and Abel

4 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten^[a] a man with the help of the Lord.” ²And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. ³In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of ^(A)the fruit of the ground, ⁴and Abel also brought of ^(B)the firstborn of his flock and of their fat portions. And the Lord ^(C)had regard for Abel and his offering, ⁵but ^(D)for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry, and his face fell. ⁶The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry, and why has your face fallen? ⁷^(E)If you do well, will you not be accepted?^[b] And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. ^(F)Its desire is contrary to^[c] you, but you must rule over it.”

⁸Cain spoke to Abel his brother.^[d] And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and ^(G)killed him. ⁹Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, ^(H)“I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?” ¹⁰And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood ^(I)is crying to me from the ground. ¹¹And now ^(J)you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. ¹²When you work the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 4:1 Cain sounds like the Hebrew for gotten
Genesis 4:7 Hebrew will there not be a lifting up [of your face]?
Genesis 4:7 Or is toward
Genesis 4:8 Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field

Matthew 27:50-54

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⁵⁰And Jesus ^(A)cried out again with a loud voice and ^(B)yielded up his spirit.

⁵¹And behold, ^(C)the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. And ^(D)the earth shook, and the rocks were split. ⁵²The tombs also were opened. And many bodies of ^(E)the saints ^(F)who had fallen asleep were raised, ⁵³and coming out of the tombs after his resurrection they went into ^(G)the holy city and appeared to many. ⁵⁴^(H)When the centurion and those who were with him, ^(I)keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe and said, ^(J)“Truly this was the Son^[a] of God!”