Genesis 4:11
Consequently you are more cursed than the ground because you soaked it with your brother's blood.
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In Context
10“What have you done?” the Lord asked. “Your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
Cross References
Genesis 3:14Then the Lord God told the serpent, “Because of what you've done, you are cursed more than any of the other animals. You will slide along on your belly and eat dust as long as you live.
Deuteronomy 27:16“A curse on anyone who dishonors their father or mother.” Everyone says “Amen!”
Deuteronomy 29:19For when someone like that hears the words of this solemn promise, they think they'll still receive a blessing, telling themselves, “I'll be safe, even though I'll go on doing whatever I feel like.” Such an attitude would destroy good and bad alike.
Job 31:38If my land has cried out against me; if her furrows have wept over me;
Galatians 3:10All those who rely on keeping the law are under a curse, for as Scripture says, “Cursed is everyone who doesn't carefully obey everything that's written in the book of the law.”
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 →