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Abel and Cain
How Abel and Cain are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Abel and Cain were siblings.
Cain and Abel were the first two sons of Adam and Eve. Cain killed his brother in the field, then answered the Lord, "Am I my brother’s keeper?"
And she again bare his brother Abel
Genesis 4:2, King James Version
Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him
Genesis 4:8, King James Version
Where they cross: Genesis 4:8-9
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
Genesis 4:2
2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
Genesis 4:8-9
8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
9And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
King James Version