Cain [a]talked to his brother Abel; and it happened that when they were in the field Cain rose up against his brother Abel and (A)killed him.

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  1. Genesis 4:8 Lit said to

Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”[a] While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.(A)

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  1. Genesis 4:8 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have “Let’s go out to the field.”

Then he went to his father’s house in Ophrah and (A)killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, (B)seventy men, [a]on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.

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  1. Judges 9:5 Perhaps a mass human sacrifice

He went to his father’s home in Ophrah and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers,(A) the sons of Jerub-Baal. But Jotham,(B) the youngest son of Jerub-Baal, escaped by hiding.(C)

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