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Genesis 4:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

11 Now you are banned from the ground[a] that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.(A) 12 If you till the ground, it shall no longer give you its produce. You shall become a constant wanderer on the earth. 13 Cain said to the Lord: “My punishment is too great to bear.

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  1. 4:11 Banned from the ground: lit., “cursed.” The verse refers back to 3:17 where the ground was cursed so that it yields its produce only with great effort. Cain has polluted the soil with his brother’s blood and it will no longer yield any of its produce to him.
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