Abel también presentó al Señor lo mejor de su rebaño, es decir, los primogénitos con su grasa. Y el Señor miró con agrado a Abel y a su ofrenda, pero no miró así a Caín ni a su ofrenda. Por eso Caín se enfureció y andaba cabizbajo.

Entonces el Señor le dijo: «¿Por qué estás tan enojado? ¿Por qué andas cabizbajo? Si hicieras lo bueno, podrías andar con la frente en alto. Pero si haces lo malo, el pecado está a la puerta para dominarte. No obstante, tú puedes dominarlo».

Caín habló con su hermano Abel.[a] Y cuando estaban en el campo, Caín atacó a su hermano y lo asesinó.

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  1. 4:8 El Pentateuco Samaritano, la LXX, la Vulgata y la Siríaca dicen Caín dijo a su hermano Abel: «Salgamos al campo».

And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions(A) from some of the firstborn of his flock.(B) The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,(C) but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry?(D) Why is your face downcast? If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;(E) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.(F)

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[a] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.(G)

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  1. Genesis 4:8 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have “Let’s go out to the field.”

Abel also brought of (A)the firstborn of his flock and of (B)their fat. And the Lord (C)respected Abel and his offering, but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is [a]for you, but you should rule over it.”

Now Cain [b]talked with Abel his [c]brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and (D)killed him.

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  1. Genesis 4:7 Lit. toward
  2. Genesis 4:8 Lit. said to
  3. Genesis 4:8 Sam., LXX, Syr., Vg. add “Let us go out to the field.”