In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ground, Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a tiller of the ground. Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, 'I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.' The HTI is grateful to NCC and the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Computer Analysis of Texts (CCAT) for their permission to provide this WWW-accessible version. The Revised Standard Version of the Bible is copyright © National Council of Churches of Christ in America and distributed to registered users (see User Agreement) with their kind permission. Bible, Revised Standard Version Bible, Revised Standard Version