וְעַתָּ֖ה אָר֣וּר אָ֑תָּה מִן־הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פָּצְתָ֣ה אֶת־פִּ֔יהָ לָקַ֛חַת אֶת־דְּמֵ֥י אָחִ֖יךָ מִיָּדֶֽךָ׃
At ngayon, sumpain ka mula sa lupa, na nagbuka ng kaniyang bibig upang tanggapin ang dugo ng iyong kapatid mula sa iyong kamay.
The Midrash of Philo
Why he is said to be cursed upon the earth? (Genesis 4:11).
That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better
[96] On Cain, who rejects repentance, He proceeds, owing to the enormity of his guilt, to lay curses most appropriate to the murder of a brother. And first He says to him “Now also art thou accursed from the earth” (Gen. 4:11), showing that it is not now for the first time, when he has perpetrated the treacherous deed, that he is abominable and accurst, but that he was so before also when he plotted the murder, since the purpose is as important as the completed act.
That the Worse is wont to Attack the Better
[100] The manner in which the mind becomes accurst from the earth is next indicated by the words, “which opened its mouth to receive thy brother’s blood” (Gen. 4:11). It is a cruel thing that the inlets of the senses should be opened wide for the torrent of the objects of sense to be poured, like a river in spate, into their gaping orifices, with nothing to stay their violent rush. For then the mind, swallowed up by the huge inpouring, is found at the bottom, unable so much as to rise to the surface and look out.