Genesis 4:12

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Summary

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

It

A fugitive

General references

Psalm 109:10

Bible References

It

And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

And your strength will be used up without profit; for your land will not give her increase and the trees of the field will not give their fruit.

And the heaven over your heads will be brass, and the earth under you hard as iron.

For every living thing was put under the power of change, not by its desire, but by him who made it so, in hope

A fugitive

You have sent me out this day from the face of the earth and from before your face; I will be a wanderer in flight over the earth, and whoever sees me will put me to death.

And as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;

And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul:

Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.

Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.

My God will give them up because they did not give ear to him; they will be wandering among the nations.

General references

Let his children be wanderers, looking to others for their food; let them be sent away from the company of their friends.