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Genesis 4:11

World English Bible

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

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Genesis 4:11 in other translations

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

Genesis 4:11 · American Standard Version

Genesis 4:11 in context

  1. 9Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?”
    He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
  2. 10Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.
  3. 11Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  4. 12From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”
  5. 13Cain said to Yahweh, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.