Holy Scripture
Genesis 4:12
A church father on this verse
“Do you, who have but lately come to the catechesis, wish to see the loving kindness of God? Would you want to behold the loving kindness of God and the extent of his forbearance? Listen to the story of [Cain].… Cain, the firstborn man, became a fratricide, from whose wicked designings first stemmed murder and envy. Ye…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
12When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.
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10And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.
11And now thou art cursed from the earth which has opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand.
— Genesis 4:12 —
13And Cain said to the Lord God, My crime is too great for me to be forgiven.
14If thou castest me out this day from the face of the earth, and I shall be hidden from thy presence, and I shall be groaning and trembling upon the earth, then it will be that anyone that finds me shall slay me.