Genesis 4:12

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.

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In Context

11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

13And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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Genesis 3:17And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.

Deuteronomy 28:23And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.

Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Proverbs 28:17A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him.

Hosea 9:17My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

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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