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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15 (A)Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that (B)no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.

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12 We should not be like (A)Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? (B)Because his own deeds were evil and his brother's righteous.

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51 from the blood of (A)Abel to the blood of (B)Zechariah, who perished between (C)the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be (D)required of this generation.

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10 By this it is evident who are the children of God, and who are the children of the devil: whoever does not practice righteousness is not of God, (A)nor is the one who (B)does not love his brother.

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44 (A)You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. (B)He was a murderer from the beginning, and (C)does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. (D)When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

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Pharaoh said to his brothers, (A)“What is your occupation?” And they said to Pharaoh, (B)“Your servants are shepherds, as our fathers were.”

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70 He (A)chose David his servant
    and took him from the sheepfolds;
71 from (B)following the nursing ewes he brought him
    to (C)shepherd Jacob his people,
    Israel his (D)inheritance.
72 With (E)upright heart he shepherded them
    and (F)guided them with his skillful hand.

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The Burning Bush

Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the (A)mountain of God.

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15 (A)But the Lord took me from following the flock, and the Lord said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to my people Israel.’

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Behold, (A)children are a heritage from the Lord,
    (B)the fruit of the womb a reward.

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32 (A)And the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.’ 33 When Pharaoh calls you and says, (B)‘What is your occupation?’ 34 you shall say, (C)‘Your servants have been keepers of livestock (D)from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,’ in order that you may dwell (E)in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is (F)an abomination to the Egyptians.”

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13 And Israel said to Joseph, “Are not your brothers pasturing the flock at Shechem? Come, I will send you to them.” And he said to him, “Here I am.”

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29 Jacob said to him, (A)“You yourself know how I have served you, and how your livestock has fared with me. 30 For you had little before I came, (B)and it has increased abundantly, and the Lord has blessed you wherever I turned. But now when shall I (C)provide for my own household also?” 31 He said, “What shall I give you?” Jacob said, “You shall not give me anything. If you will do this for me, I will again pasture your flock and keep it:

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20 Noah began to be a man of the soil, and he planted a vineyard.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 9:20 Or Noah, a man of the soil, was the first to plant a vineyard

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.” 26 To (A)Seth also a son was born, and he called his name (B)Enosh. At that time people began (C)to call upon the name of the Lord.

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Footnotes

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

23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden (A)to work the ground from which he was taken.

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