And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;
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Interpretation
Malice in the heart ends in murder by the hands. Cain slew Abel, his own brother, his own mother's son, whom he ought to have loved; his younger brother, whom he ought to have protected; a good brother, who had never done him any wrong.
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This thought runs through Genesis 4:9-12.