Genesis 4:11

Even now you are cursed by the very ground that has opened to receive your brother’s blood shed by your hand.

Open English Bible (UK)

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

10‘What have you done?’ the Lord replied, ‘Listen! Your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground.

12From now on when you till the ground, it will no longer yield its best to you. You will be a vagabond and a wandering refugee upon the earth.’

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Cross References

Genesis 3:14Then the Lord God said to the snake: ‘Because you have done this, you will be more accursed than all cattle and all the wild beasts. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust all your life.

Galatians 3:10All who rely on obedience to Law are under a curse, for scripture says – “Cursed is everyone who does not abide by all that is written in the book of the Law, and do it.”

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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