Genesis 4:11

And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

In Context

10And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood cries to me out of the ground.

12When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:14And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed is the man that dishonours his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, So be it.

Deuteronomy 29:19And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, + 29:19 Lit. May holy things happen to me. See the use of ὅσια in Is. 55. 3; Acts 13. 34.Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:

Job 31:38If at any time the land groaned against me, and if its furrows mourned together;

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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