Genesis 4:1-7

Cain and Abel

4¹ Adam slept with Eve his wife. She conceived and had Cain. She said, "I've gotten a man, with God's help!" ² Then she had another baby, Abel. Abel was a herdsman and Cain a farmer.

³ Time passed. Cain brought an offering to God from the produce of his farm. ⁴ Abel also brought an offering, but from the firstborn animals of his herd, choice cuts of meat. God liked Abel and his offering, ⁵ but Cain and his offering didn't get his approval. Cain lost his temper and went into a sulk.

⁶ God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? ⁷ If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."