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NASB | Genesis 4:12 "When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 4:12 "When you cultivate the ground, it shall no longer yield its strength [it will resist producing good crops] for you; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond [roaming aimlessly] on the earth [in perpetual exile without a home, a degraded outcast]." |
Bible Question: Until this point the earth easily submitted to the hoe and plow? |
Bible Answer: Hi Thomas: The ground was already cursed do to Adam's sin, (Gen 3:17-18, but because of Cain's sin, another curse was added specifically and personally, just for him. Wherever he (Cain) would go form then on, the earth would not easily yield its strength to "his" hand. Note, what God said to him: "it will no longer yield its strength to [you];" brackets mine for emphases-- God is speaking directly to Cain, so this particular curse is just for him. So, in answer to your question, no, until this point, the ground did not easily submit to the hoe and plow. But now, for Cain, it would be even harder. God bless John |
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