Genesis 4:11

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Genesis 4:11

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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

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KJV

King James Version

And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

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WEB

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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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Genesis 4

⁹ And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

¹⁰ “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

¹¹ Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

¹² When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

¹³ But Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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