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The Lord said to Cain, “Why are you angry? Why do you have that angry look on your face?[a] If you do good, will you not be lifted up? If you do not do good, sin is crouching at the door. It has a strong desire for you, but you must rule over it.”

Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.”[b] When they were in the field, Cain attacked Abel, his brother, and killed him.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:6 Literally why has your face fallen
  2. Genesis 4:8 The words let’s go into the field, which are missing from the Hebrew text, are supplied from the ancient versions.