III. THE MURDERER'S DOOM.

11. Now art thou cursed from the earth.

Life was held so sacred that, at first, even the murderer did not forfeit his life, but in the covenant with Noah it was enacted that, "Whoso sheddeth man's blood by man shall his blood be shed." Cain is placed under. curse that has several features. He is cursed from the ground. It will no longer furnish him. secure resting-place, but he shall be. fugitive upon its surface. There is. poetic touch in the thought that the earth which opened its mouth to receive the blood of the slain Abel now curses his murderer and refuses to give him. safe dwelling place on her bosom.

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