Genesis 4:12

12 When you till the ground {it shall no longer yield its strength to you}. You shall be a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth."

Genesis 4:12 In-Context

10 And he said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground.
11 So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.
12 When you till the ground {it shall no longer yield its strength to you}. You shall be a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth."
13 And Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment [is] greater than [I can] bear.
14 Look, you have driven me out today from the face of the ground, and from your face I must hide. I will be a wanderer and a fugitive on the earth, and it will happen that whoever finds me will kill me."

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "it shall not add to give its strength to you"
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