And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Adam Clarke
The voice of thy brother's blood - It is probable that Cain, having killed his brother, dug a hole and buried him in the earth, hoping thereby to prevent the murder from being known; and that this is…
We have here a full account of the trial and condemnation of the first murderer. Civil courts of judicature not being yet erected for this purpose, as they were afterwards (Gen 9:6), God himself sits…
Cambridge Bible
What hast thou done? The same question as that put to Eve (Gen 3:13). This question has been put by the voice of conscience to every murderer since Cain; it had a special force in reference to the…
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