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Genesis 4:11

Judgment

9 And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

10 “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

12 When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

13 But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
KJV
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
WEB
Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
ASV
And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother`s blood from thy hand;
DARBY
And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand.
BLB
And now, cursed [are] you from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the bloods of your brother from your hand.
ÅB
Og nå skal du være bannlyst fra den jord som lot opp sin munn og tok imot din brors blod av din hånd!
OTB
Som et resultat er du forbannet fra jorden, som har åpnet sin munn for å ta imot din brors blod fra din hånd.
B1930
Og nu skal du være bannlyst fra den jord som lot op sin munn og tok imot din brors blod av din hånd!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Galatians 3:10

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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  • Job 16:18

    O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.

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  • Genesis 3:14

    So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

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  • Deuteronomy 28:15–20

    If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

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  • Job 31:38–40

    if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,

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  • Genesis 4:14

    Behold, this day You have driven me from the face of the earth, and from Your face I will be hidden; I will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.”

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  • Isaiah 26:21

    For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.

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  • Deuteronomy 27:16–26

    ‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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