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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."
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The Earth Itself Rebels
Commentators explain that Cain's curse was directly tied to his crime. The very ground that had absorbed Abel's blood would now refuse to give Cain its full strength. Scholars like Calvin note this was a special curse, more severe than the general one from Adam's fall, showing how sin can corrupt the very things we rely on for our livelihood.
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Genesis
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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
When thou tillest the ground. This verse is the explanation of the former, for it expresses more clearly what is meant by being cursed
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When you till the ground, which was the business he was brought up in and followed (Genesis 4:2),
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…
