Then she also gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel became a shepherd of flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

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

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:8 Sam, LXX, Syr, Vg; MT omits Let’s go out to the field

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)

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Footnotes

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