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Genesis 4:11

Genesis 4:11
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

When thou tillest the ground,.... Which was the business he was brought up in and followed, Gen 4:2.

it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; the earth had been cursed for Adam's sin,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 4:9-12

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

from the ground The meaning is not quite obvious. Probably, we should not understand, that the curse is to come from the ground upon Cain, but that Cain is driven by Jehovah's curse from the ground.…