Gen 4:8-9 | ESV | STEP | Cain spoke to Abel his brother . And when they were in the field , ^ Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him .

b Matt. 23:35; Heb. 12:24; 1 John 3:12; Jude 11

‏ Genesis 4:8-9

8 Cain spoke to Abel his brother. ^{▼▼Hebrew; Samaritan, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate add Let us go out to the field} And when they were in the field, ^ Cain rose up against his brother Abel and ^bkilled him. 9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, ^c“I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?”