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.