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# Now cursed are you from the ground

This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I am cursing you so that you will not be able to grow food from the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood

God speaks of the earth as if it were a person who could drink Abel's blood. Alternate translation: "which is soaked with your brother's blood" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# from your hand

Here Cain is represented by his "hand," to emphasize that he personally had killed his brother. Alternate translation: "that spilled when you killed him" or "from you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00			`# Now cursed are you from the ground`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "I am cursing you so that you will not be able to grow food from the ground" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`God speaks of the earth as if it were a person who could drink Abel's blood. Alternate translation: "which is soaked with your brother's blood" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00
			`# from your hand`

Replace all AT: with Alternate translation: 2018-02-10 00:34:10 +00:00			`Here Cain is represented by his "hand," to emphasize that he personally had killed his brother. Alternate translation: "that spilled when you killed him" or "from you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
4th pass at tNotes reformatting - Genesis only 2017-12-04 17:26:39 +00:00