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Genesis 4:11

Now therefore, accursed, art thou,—from the ground which hath opened her mouth, to receive the shed-blood of thy brother at thy hand.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,

12Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:14Then said Yahweh God unto the serpent—Because thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field,—on thy belly, shalt thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

Deuteronomy 27:16Cursed, be he that holdeth in light esteem his father or his mother. And all the people shall say—Amen.

Deuteronomy 29:19and so it come to pass while he is hearing the words of this oath, that he will bless himself in his heart—saying, Prosperity, shall I have, although in the stubbornness of my heart, I go on,—so that the drunkenness addeth to the thirst:

Job 31:38If, against me, my ground used to cry out, and, together, my ridges did weep;

Galatians 3:10For, as many as are of works of law, are, under a curse,—for it is written—Accursed, is everyone that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them.

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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