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Genesis 4:11
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Genesis 4:11
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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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Genesis 4:11 in Other Translations
KJV
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And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
ESV
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And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.
NLT
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Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.
MSG
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From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother.
CSB
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So now you are cursed [with alienation] from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood you have shed.
Genesis 4:11 In-Context
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Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
10
The LORD said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.
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Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth.”
13
Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is more than I can bear.
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Deuteronomy 11:28
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2 Kings 2:24
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