Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest haadamah, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her ko'ach (strength); na (restless fugitive) vanad (and a wanderer, nomad) shalt thou be in ha'aretz.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
13And Kayin said unto Hashem, My avon (iniquity, punishment for guilt) is greater than I can bear.
Cross References
Genesis 3:17And unto Adam He said, 1 Because thou paid heed unto the voice of thy isha, 1 and hast eaten of HaEtz, 1 of which I commanded thee, saying, 1 Thou shalt not eat of it, 1 arurah (cursed) is haadamah because of thee; 1 in itzavon + 3:17 itzavon see verse 16 (pain, suffering) shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 1
Leviticus 26:20And your ko'ach shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the etz HaAretz yield their pri.
Deuteronomy 28:23And thy Shomayim that is over thy head shall be nechoshet, and Ha'Aretz that is under thee shall be barzel.
Psalms 107:34An eretz p'ri (fruitful land) into salt wasteland, 1 because of the wickedness of them that dwell therein. 1
Proverbs 28:17If an adam is burdened with dahm (blood, murder) of any nefesh, 1 let him be a fugitive ad bor (till the pit, death); 1 let no ish help him. 1
Hosea 9:17My G-d will cast them away, 1 because they did not pay heed unto Him; 1 and they shall be nodedim (wanderers) among the Goyim.
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 →