Cain Murders Abel
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore1 Cain, and said, “I have acquired a man from the Lord.”
2 Then she bore again, this time his brother1 Abel. Now aAbel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
3 And1 in the process of time it came to pass that Cain brought an offering of the fruit aof the ground to the Lord.
4 Abel also brought of athe firstborn of his flock and of btheir fat. And the Lord respected cAbel and his offering,
5 but He did not respect Cain and his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.
6 So the Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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