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Genesis 4:10

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Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.

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Genesis 4:10 in other translations

And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

Genesis 4:10 · American Standard Version

Genesis 4:10 in context

  1. 8Cain said to Abel, his brother, “Let’s go into the field.” While they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
  2. 9Yahweh said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?”
    He said, “I don’t know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”
  3. 10Yahweh said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood cries to me from the ground.
  4. 11Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
  5. 12From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the earth.”