Genesis 4:11

11 nunc igitur maledictus eris super terram quae aperuit os suum et suscepit sanguinem fratris tui de manu tua

Genesis 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.

Genesis 4:11 In-Context

9 et ait Dominus ad Cain ubi est Abel frater tuus qui respondit nescio num custos fratris mei sum

10 dixitque ad eum quid fecisti vox sanguinis fratris tui clamat ad me de terra

11 nunc igitur maledictus eris super terram quae aperuit os suum et suscepit sanguinem fratris tui de manu tua

12 cum operatus fueris eam non dabit tibi fructus suos vagus et profugus eris super terram

13 dixitque Cain ad Dominum maior est iniquitas mea quam ut veniam merear