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Genesis 4:11
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)

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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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