Genesis 4:10

And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

In Context

9And the Lorde said vnto Cain: where is Habel thy brother? Which sayde I wote not: Am I my brothers keper?

11And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande..

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Cross References

Genesis 9:5And surely your blood of your lyues wyl I require: at the hande of euery beast wyll I require it, and at the hand of man, at the hande of mans brother wyll I require the life of man.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:10-13

Cain's Punishment. ( b. c. 3875.) 9 And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? 10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; 12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. We have here a… Read the whole commentary →

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