Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”

“I don’t know,” he replied. “Am I my brother’s guardian?”

10 Then He said, “What have you done? Your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground!(A) 11 So now you are cursed, alienated, from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:11 Lit blood from your hand

Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”(A)

“I don’t know,(B)” 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.(C) 11 Now you are under a curse(D) and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

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