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Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother`s blood from your hand.
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A Curse from the Earth
Commentators emphasize the poetic justice in Cain's curse. The very ground ('adâmâh') he cultivated, which then had to absorb his brother's innocent blood, becomes the agent of his punishment. Scholars like Calvin and Gill note that the earth is personified, acting with more horror at the crime than Cain himself. His punishment comes directly from the source of his livelihood and sin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
1. קין (qayin)—Cain, “spear-shaft,” and קנה (qanah)—“set up, establish, gain, buy,” contain the biliteral root …
19th Century
Anglican
And now (because of your crime) you are cursed from the earth. —Hebrew, from the adâmâh, or cultivated ground. Cain was t…
16th Century
Protestant
And now art thou cursed from the earth. Cain, having been convicted of the crime, judgment is now pronounced against him. First, God makes…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And now [are] you cursed from the earth From receiving benefit by it, and enjoying the fruits of it as before, and f…
Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain killed Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he should have loved; his younger br…
