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Genesis 4:12 (WEB)
From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”

Catechism · 2

§2259Article 5 · The Fifth CommandmentRead at vatican.va
“In the account of Abel's murder by his brother Cain,” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:8-12.

§401Paragraph 7 · The FallRead at vatican.va
“Likewise, sin frequently manifests itself in the history of Israel, especially as infidelity to the God of the Covenant and as transgression of the Law of Moses. and even after Christ's atonement, sin raises its head in countless ways among Christians.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 4:3-15; 6:5, 12; Rom 1:18-32; I Cor 1-6; Rev 2-3.

Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 5
“Groaning and trembling shalt thou be upon the earth, and every one who shall have found thee shall slay thee.”” — editor's note: See Gen. iv. 2–14. But it is to be observed that the version given in our author differs widely in some particulars from the Heb. and the LXX.
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Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 3
“Groaning and trembling shalt thou be upon the earth.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 12: “A fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be upon the earth.”
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Matthew Homily 12
“For it will be no longer, “Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return,”and thou “tillest the ground,”and those former words, that will be said to us;but what is far more grievous than these, the “outer darkness,”the bonds that may not be burst, the venomous worm, the “gnashing of teeth;” and this with great reason.” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 12. [The LXX. has γ in both passages. The verbal suggestion of the original may be retained by rendering: “Earth thou art, and unto earth thou shalt…
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Basil the Great, Letters Letter 260
“It is in answer to this that the Lord says, “Whosoever slayeth Cain will discharge seven vengeances.”” — editor's note: Gen. iv. 11, 12, 14, 15, LXX.
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