Genesis 4:2
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1 John 3:12
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12 Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one(A) and murdered his brother.(B) And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother’s were righteous.(C)
1 John 3:15
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15 Anyone who hates a brother or sister(A) is a murderer,(B) and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.(C)
Luke 11:51
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51 from the blood of Abel(A) to the blood of Zechariah,(B) who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, this generation will be held responsible for it all.(C)
1 John 3:10
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10 This is how we know who the children of God(A) are and who the children of the devil(B) are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God’s child, nor is anyone who does not love(C) their brother and sister.(D)
John 8:44
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44 You belong to your father, the devil,(A) and you want to carry out your father’s desires.(B) He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.(C)
Genesis 47:3
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3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?”(A)
“Your servants(B) are shepherds,(C)” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”
Amos 7:15
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15 But the Lord took me from tending the flock(A) and said to me, ‘Go,(B) prophesy(C) to my people Israel.’(D)
Psalm 127:3
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3 Children are a heritage from the Lord,
offspring a reward(A) from him.
Psalm 78:70-72
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Exodus 3:1
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Moses and the Burning Bush
3 Now Moses was tending the flock of Jethro(A) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian,(B) and he led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb,(C) the mountain(D) of God.
Genesis 46:32-34
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32 The men are shepherds;(A) they tend livestock,(B) and they have brought along their flocks and herds and everything they own.’(C) 33 When Pharaoh calls you in and asks, ‘What is your occupation?’(D) 34 you should answer, ‘Your servants(E) have tended livestock from our boyhood on, just as our fathers did.’(F) Then you will be allowed to settle(G) in the region of Goshen,(H) for all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.(I)”
Genesis 37:13
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13 and Israel(A) said to Joseph, “As you know, your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem.(B) Come, I am going to send you to them.”
“Very well,” he replied.
Genesis 30:29-31
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29 Jacob said to him, “You know how I have worked for you(A) and how your livestock has fared under my care.(B) 30 The little you had before I came has increased greatly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I have been.(C) But now, when may I do something for my own household?(D)”
31 “What shall I give you?” he asked.
“Don’t give me anything,” Jacob replied. “But if you will do this one thing for me, I will go on tending your flocks and watching over them:
Genesis 9:20
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20 Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded[a] to plant a vineyard.
Footnotes
- Genesis 9:20 Or soil, was the first
Genesis 4:25-26
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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) 26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh.(D)
At that time people began to call on[b] the name of the Lord.(E)
Footnotes
- Genesis 4:25 Seth probably means granted.
- Genesis 4:26 Or to proclaim
Genesis 3:23
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23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(A) to work the ground(B) from which he had been taken.
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