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Genesis 4:10
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8 Now Cain1 talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and akilled him.  
9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, a“I do not know. Am I bmy brother’s keeper?”  
10 And He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood acries out to Me from the ground.  
11 So now ayou are cursed from the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.  
12 When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength to you. A fugitive and a vagabond you shall be on the earth.”
13 And Cain said to the Lord, “My1 punishment is greater than I can bear!  
14 Surely You have driven me out this day from the face of the ground; aI shall be bhidden from Your face; I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth, and it will happen that canyone who finds me will kill me.”  
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Genesis 4:10

The voice of thy brother' s blood - It is probable that Cain, having killed his brother, dug a hole and buried him in the earth, hoping thereby to prevent the murder from being known; and that this is what is designed in the words, Thy brother' s blood crieth unto me From The Ground - which hath opened her mouth to receive it from thy hand. Some think that by the voice of thy brother' s blood the cries of Abel' s widow and children are to be understood, as it is very probable that he was father of a family; indeed his occupation and sacrifices seem to render this probable, and probability is all we can expect on such a subject. God represents these as calling aloud for the punishment of the murderer; and it is evident that Cain expected to fall by the hands of some person who, from his consanguinity, had the right of the avenger of blood; for now that the murder is found out, he expects to suffer death for it. See Genesis 4:14.


 
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