Genèse 4:11

11 Et maintenant tu seras maudit de la terre, qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.

Genèse 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 4:11

And now [art] thou cursed from the earth
From receiving benefit by it, and enjoying the fruits of it as before, and from having a settled dwelling in it, as is afterwards explained: which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy
hand;
the blood of his brother, which was shed by his own hand, was received and sucked into the earth, where it was spilt, through the pores of it, and drank up and covered, so as not to be seen; in which it was as it were more humane to Abel, and as it were more ashamed of the crime, and shuddered more, and expressed more horror at it, than Cain.

Genèse 4:11 In-Context

9 Et l'Éternel dit à Caïn: Où est Abel ton frère? Et il répondit: Je ne sais; suis-je le gardien de mon frère, moi?

10 Et l'Éternel dit: Qu'as-tu fait? La voix du sang de ton frère crie de la terre jusqu'à moi.

11 Et maintenant tu seras maudit de la terre, qui a ouvert sa bouche pour recevoir de ta main le sang de ton frère.

12 Quand tu cultiveras la terre, elle ne te rendra plus son fruit; tu seras vagabond et fugitif sur la terre.

13 Et Caïn dit à l'Éternel: Ma peine est trop grande pour être supportée.