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Genesis 4:11

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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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  1. Genesis 4:9

    And the Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?

  2. Genesis 4:10

    And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

  3. Genesis 4:12

    When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

  4. Genesis 4:13

    And Cain said unto the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.