28 Heb “cursed are you from the ground.” As in Gen 3:14, the word “cursed,” a passive participle from אָרָר (’arar), either means “punished” or “banished,” depending on how one interprets the following preposition. If the preposition is taken as indicating source, then the idea is “cursed (i.e., punished) are you from [i.e., “through the agency of”] the ground” (see v. 12a). If the preposition is taken as separative, then the idea is “cursed and banished from the ground.” In this case the ground rejects Cain’s efforts in such a way that he is banished from the ground and forced to become a fugitive out in the earth (see vv. 12b, 14).

In other versions

And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.

So now you are cursed, alienated from the ground that opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood you have shed.

Now you are cursed and banished from the ground, which has swallowed your brother’s blood.

So now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive the blood of your brother from your hand.

And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand;

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