1 The man had intercourse with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, saying, “I have produced a male child with the help of the Lord.”
2 Next she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel became a herder of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the ground.
3 In the course of time Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the ground,
4 while Abel, for his part, brought the fatty portion of the firstlings of his flock. The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering,
5 but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor. So Cain was very angry and dejected.