9 Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” He said, “I do not know; am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 And the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of ^qyour brother’s blood is ^rcrying to me from the ground. 11 And now you are ^scursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you ^twork the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength. You shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”