Cain and Abel

4 Adam^[a] made love to his wife^(A) Eve,^(B) and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.^[b](C) She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth^[c] a man.”

² Later she gave birth to his brother Abel.^(A)

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

³ In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering^(A) to the Lord.^(B)

⁴ 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)

⁵ but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry, and his face was downcast.

⁶ Then the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry?^(A) Why is your face downcast?

⁷ 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;^(A) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.^(B)”

⁸ 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.^(A)