Gen 4:10-11 | JFB | STEP | 10. the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me-- Cain, to lull suspicion, had probably been engaging in the solemnities of religion when he was challenged directly from the Shekinah itself.

‏ Genesis 4:10-11

10. the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me--Cain, to lull suspicion, had probably been engaging in the solemnities of religion when he was challenged directly from the Shekinah itself.

11-12. now art thou cursed from the earth--a curse superadded to the general one denounced on the ground for Adam's sin.