Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now therefore cursed shalt thou be upon the earth, which hath opened her mouth and received the blood of thy brother at thy hand. 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. Genesis 3:14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. Deuteronomy 27:16-26 Cursed be he that honoureth not his father and mother: and all the people shall say: Amen. . . . Deuteronomy 28:15-20 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. . . . Deuteronomy 29:19-21 And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty, . . . Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. opened. Job 16:18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, neither let my cry find a hiding place in thee. Job 31:38-40 If my land cry against me, and with it the furrows thereof mourn: . . . Isaiah 26:21 For behold the Lord will come out of his place, to visit the iniquity of the inhabitant of the earth against him: and the earth shall disclose her blood, and shall cover her slain no more. Revelation 12:16 And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth. Context Cain Murders Abel…10And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth to me from the earth. 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.… Cross References Galatians 3:10 For as many as are of the works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: Cursed is every one that abideth, not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. Genesis 3:14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. Genesis 5:29 And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth, which the Lord hath cursed. 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. Lexicon Nowוְעַתָּ֖ה (wə·‘at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time you אָ֑תָּה (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you [are] cursed and banished אָר֣וּר (’ā·rūr) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 779: To execrate from מִן־ (min-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 4480: A part of, from, out of the ground, הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 127: Ground, land which אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that has opened פָּצְתָ֣ה (pā·ṣə·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6475: To rend, open its mouth פִּ֔יהָ (pî·hā) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to to receive לָקַ֛חַת (lā·qa·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3947: To take your brother’s אָחִ֖יךָ (’ā·ḥî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 251: A brother, ) blood דְּמֵ֥י (də·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed from your hand. מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃ (mî·yā·ḏe·ḵā) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand Additional Translations Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand; And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. And now be thou cursed from the ground, which hath opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. And now cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. and now, cursed art thou from the ground, which hath opened her mouth to receive the blood of thy brother from thy hand; Jump to Previous Blood Brother's Curse Cursed Driven Earth Ground Hand Mouth Open Opened ReceiveJump to Next Blood Brother's Curse Cursed Driven Earth Ground Hand Mouth Open Opened ReceiveLinks Genesis 4:11 NIVGenesis 4:11 NLT Genesis 4:11 ESV Genesis 4:11 NASB Genesis 4:11 KJV Genesis 4:11 Bible Apps Genesis 4:11 Biblia Paralela Genesis 4:11 Chinese Bible Genesis 4:11 French Bible Genesis 4:11 German Bible Alphabetical: a and are blood brother's curse cursed driven from ground hand has its mouth Now opened receive the to under which you your OT Law: Genesis 4:11 Now you are cursed because (Gen. 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