The Two Brothers
Two brothers, two gifts and one hard question: “Where is Abel?” Read Genesis 4 in English, with six new words and a phrase you will use every day.
The words in this story
6 words you will really use: they appear in the Story and in the exercises, and come back in Review in the following Units.
brother
noun
ground
noun
face
noun
sin
noun
kill
verb
than
conjunction
Original verse
The verse that closes the Unit, in the text of the World English Bible. After three lessons, this is how you read it, with no retelling.
Genesis 4:9 · WEB
The LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?” He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
What a Unit looks like
First the whole Story, retold in simple English with sentence-by-sentence audio. Then three short lessons, each with a slice of the story, a Tip and exercises. At the end, the Original verse and the Celebration.
- História · 15 frases, tradução ao toque, 3 checagens sem XP
- 3 lições · um trecho, uma Dica e exercícios em cada uma
- Versículo original · o texto da Bíblia sem reconto · próxima história
Questions about this story
Which Bible passage is this lesson based on?
Genesis 4:1-16, in the World English Bible.
How many new English words will I learn?
6 new words, all taken from the story.
Is this story hard to read?
It is a serious story, told with short, plain sentences. It says what happened, as a fact, and does not explain more than the Bible does.
Will I read the real Bible verse?
Yes: at the end you read Genesis 4:9 in the Bible, word for word.
More stories in the Course
More stories from the Old Testament Course, in canonical order.
