Genesis 4:12
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When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

Genesis 4:13
And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.

Leviticus 26:17
I will set my face against you, and you shall fall down before your enemies: and shall be made subject to them that hate you. You shall flee when no man pursueth you.

Leviticus 26:36
And as to them that shall remain of you I will send fear in their hearts in the countries of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them: and they shall flee as it were from the sword. They shall fall, when no man pursueth them.

Deuteronomy 28:15
But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.

Psalm 109:10
Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

Joel 1:10
The country is destroyed, the ground hath mourned: for the corn is wasted, the wine is confounded, the oil hath languished.

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When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.

it.

Genesis 3:17,18 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. . . .

Leviticus 26:20 Your labour shall be spent in vain: the ground shall not bring forth her increase: nor the trees yield their fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:23,24 Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron. . . .

Romans 8:20 For the creature was made subject to vanity: not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope.

a fugitive.

Genesis 4:14 Behold thou dost cast me out this day from the face of the earth, and from thy face I shall be hid, and I shall be a vagabond and a fugitive on the earth: every one therefore that findeth me, shall kill me.

Leviticus 26:36 And as to them that shall remain of you I will send fear in their hearts in the countries of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf shall terrify them: and they shall flee as it were from the sword. They shall fall, when no man pursueth them.

Deuteronomy 28:65,66 Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in those nations, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed with pensiveness: . . .

Psalm 109:10 Let his children be carried about vagabonds, and beg; and let them be cast out of their dwellings.

Jeremiah 20:3,4 And when it was light the next day, Phassur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. And Jeremiah said to him: The Lord hath not called thy name Phassur, but fear on every side. . . .

Hosea 9:17 My God will cast them away, because they hearkened not to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

Context
Cain Murders Abel
11Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand. 12When thou shalt till it, it shall not yield to thee its fruit: a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.13And Cain said to the Lord: My iniquity is greater than that I may deserve pardon.…
Lexicon
When
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

you till
תַֽעֲבֹד֙ (ṯa·‘ă·ḇōḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5647: To work, to serve, till, enslave

the ground,
הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land

{it will} no
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

longer
תֹסֵ֥ף (ṯō·sêp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3254: To add, augment

yield
תֵּת־ (têṯ-)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

its produce
כֹּחָ֖הּ (kō·ḥāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

to you.
לָ֑ךְ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

You will be
תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

a fugitive
נָ֥ע (nā‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5128: To quiver, wave, waver, tremble, totter

and a wanderer
וָנָ֖ד (wā·nāḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5110: To nod, waver, to wander, flee, disappear, to console, deplore, taunt

on the earth.”
בָאָֽרֶץ׃ (ḇā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”When you till the ground, it shall not from now on yield to you her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shall you be in the earth.

when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee its strength; a fugitive and a wanderer shalt thou be in the earth.

When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield thee its strength; a wanderer and fugitive shalt thou be on the earth.

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

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield to thee its strength: A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

From now on, when you till the ground, it won't yield its strength to you. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth."

when thou tillest the ground, it doth not add to give its strength to thee -- a wanderer, even a trembling one, thou art in the earth.'
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