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Read Genesis 4:11 (World English Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 4.11, Genesis 4v11, Gen. 4:11. Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

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11 Now you are cursed because of the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Passage themes

Cursed by God — And now art thou cursed from the earth
The ground demands justice — which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand

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Le premier signe d'alliance L'arc-en-ciel apparaît pour la première fois dans la Bible comme un signe d'alliance : Dieu le place dans le ciel après le déluge pour promettre qu'il ne détruira plus jamais la terre par les eaux (Genèse 9:13-15).

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Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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