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OET (OET-LV) And_now [are]_cursed you from the_soil which it_has_opened DOM her/its_mouth to_take/accept/receive DOM the_blood(s) your(ms)_brother/kindred from_your(ms)_hand.
OET (OET-RV) So now you’re cursed and banished from the soil that your brother’s blood soaked into as a result of your actions.
וְעַתָּ֖ה
and=now
Alternate translation: “Therefore from now on” or “Because of what you did,”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
אָר֣וּר אָ֑תָּה
cursing you(ms)
Consider what is the best way to translate this passive clause in your language. Also see how you translated this in Gen 3:14. Alternate translation: “you are cursed by me”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מִן הָֽאֲדָמָה֙
from/more_than the=soil
Alternate translation: “so that you will not be able to grow food from the soil,” or “so that you are banished from farming the soil,”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּצְתָ֣ה אֶת פִּ֔יהָ לָקַ֛חַת אֶת דְּמֵ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ
which/who she/it_has_opened DOM her/its=mouth to=take/accept/receive DOM bloods_of your(ms)=brother/kindred
In the Hebrew text, the ground is personified as if it had a mouth to open. If that is not possible in your language, you could follow one of the alternates above. Alternate translation: “which is covered with blood from your brother”
מִיָּדֶֽךָ
from=your(ms)=hand
Alternate translation: “when you killed him.”
4:11-12 As with his father (cp. 3:9-12, 17-19), Cain’s interrogation (4:9-10) was followed by God’s verdict. Adam’s sin had already caused the ground to be cursed. Now Cain was cursed and banished from the land he farmed because he had contaminated it with innocent blood.
• homeless wanderer: Cain was condemned to ceaseless roving in a land that would provide neither sustenance nor security. The effects of sin were escalating.
OET (OET-LV) And_now [are]_cursed you from the_soil which it_has_opened DOM her/its_mouth to_take/accept/receive DOM the_blood(s) your(ms)_brother/kindred from_your(ms)_hand.
OET (OET-RV) So now you’re cursed and banished from the soil that your brother’s blood soaked into as a result of your actions.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.