Genesis

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NASB	Genesis 4:2 Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
AMPLIFIED 2015	Genesis 4:2 And [later] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept the flocks [of sheep and goats], but Cain cultivated the ground.

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Bible Question: Was Cain And Abel twins ? If not what was the time span between the birth of the brothers ?

Bible Answer: Cain and Abel are not twins. The Hebrew translation of Genesis 4:2 starts with the term "And again" as time had passed. The absence of the term "she conceived and bore" in Gen.4:1 let to the tradition that Cain and Abel were twins. A second proof is that Cain follows his father's occupation of agriculture. Abel is a shepherd. The Bible regularly portrays younger siblings as more virtuous and has a special fondness for shepherds, including Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus. Rabbinic interpretation might have suggested a defined span of time, but I saw nothing in the Bible that expressed an actual difference in birth dates.