“She gave birth once again, to his brother Abel. Abel was a shepherd, and Cain was a cultivator of the ground” (Genesis 4:2). “She gave birth once again, to his brother Abel” – this supports Rabbi Yehoshua ben Korḥa, who said: Two entered the bed and seven descended.9Eve gave birth to five children at one time. “She gave birth once again, to his brother Abel” – she gave birth once again, but did not become pregnant once again.
“Abel was a shepherd, and Cain was a cultivator of the ground” – there were three people who were enthusiastic about the earth, but ultimately their efforts were of no avail. They are: Cain – “a cultivator of the land”; Noah – “Noah, man of the soil, began …” (Genesis 9:20); Uziyahu – “He had farmers and viticulturists in the mountains and on the fertile lands, as he was a lover of the soil” (II Chronicles 26:10).10Cain became a murderer; Noah, a drunkard; and Uziyahu, a leper.