And she bore again, his brother Abel. And Abel tended flocks, but Cain worked the ground.

Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat. And Jehovah had regard for Abel and his offering,

So Jehovah said to Cain, Why does your anger burn? And why has your countenance fallen?

Now Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him.

But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peaceably to him.

And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed become king over us? Or shall you indeed rule over us? So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words.

Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Because of what Edom did against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has become very guilty from avenging itself on them,

I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, that they may do in Edom according to My anger and according to My fury; and they shall know My vengeance, declares the Lord Jehovah.

Because you have had an ancient hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when their iniquity had come to an end;

Thus says Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn back from punishing it, for he pursued his brother with the sword, and dealt corruptly regarding mercy, and his anger tore continually, and he kept his wrath forever.

But I will send a fire against Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

Shame shall cover you because of your violence against your brother Jacob, and you shall be cut off forever.

But you should not have looked on the day of your brother, on the day of his destruction; nor should you have rejoiced over the sons of Judah in the day of their destruction; nor should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress.

Nor should you have stood at the crossroads to cut off those of him who escaped, nor should you have delivered up his survivors to prison in the day of distress.

not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother remains in death.

And Isaac expired and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and fulfilled in days. And his sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Forty days were fulfilled for him, for such are the days fulfilled for those who are embalmed; and the Egyptians wept for him seventy days.

And when the days of his weeping were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,

And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is on the other side of Jordan, and they mourned there with great and heavy lamentation. He observed seven days of mourning for his father.

And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, This is a great mourning of the Egyptians. Therefore its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is on the other side of Jordan.

And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days. And the days of weeping and mourning for Moses ended.

His servants therefore took him out of that chariot and put him in the second chariot that he had, and they brought him to Jerusalem. So he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.

As a friend, as to my brother, I walked about; as one who mourns for a mother, I was bowed down in gloom, mourning.

And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and he also is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him.

Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Watch now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon! then kill him. Do not be afraid. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous and valiant.

And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king's sons arose, and each one got on his mule and fled.

The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes at him with his teeth.

Jehovah laughs at him, for He sees that his day is coming.

A little that the righteous has is better than the riches of many wicked.

Keep me, O Jehovah, from the hands of the wicked; guard me against violent men, who have devised to overthrow my steps.

The proud have hidden a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have laid the bait for me. Selah

When my spirit was faint within me, then You knew my path. In the way in which I walk they have hidden a snare for me.

let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, and whole, as those who go down into the Pit,

we shall find all sorts of precious stuff, we shall fill our houses with plunder;

for their feet run to evil and they make haste to shed blood.

Perversity is in his heart, he devises evil all the time, he spreads strife.

Do not be hasty in your spirit to be angry; for anger rests in the bosom of fools.

Shame shall cover you because of your violence against your brother Jacob, and you shall be cut off forever.

Be angry, but do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath,

nor give place to the devil.

To the pure all things are pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; but even their mind and conscience are defiled.

They profess to know God, but in works they deny Him, being abominable, disobedient, and reprobate with regard to every good work.

For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, led astray, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.

not as Cain who was of the wicked one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his works were evil and his brother's righteous.

We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love his brother remains in death.