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Genesis 4:11 KJV
Genesis · chapter 4 · verse 11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;Genesis 4:11 · King James Version
Genesis 4:11 in context
9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?
10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
13And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- brother'sʼâcha brother )H251 →
- receivelâqachto takeH3947 →
- cursedʼârarto execrateH779 →
- openedpâtsâhto rendH6475 →
- earthʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- mouthpehthe mouth , whether literal or figurativeH6310 →
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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 Judge;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-12