8Now Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let’s go out to the field.”4:8 Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Masoretic Text does not have “Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
8Cain 4:8 Lit said totalked to his brother Abel; and it happened that when they were in the field Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.
8Cain talked with Abel his brother [about what God had said]. And when they were [alone, working] in the field, Cain 4:8 Lit rose up against.attacked Abel his brother and killed him. [1 John 3:12]
8Then Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out to the field.”4:8 SP, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew Then Cain spoke to his brother Abel. And while they were in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel and killed him.