Genesis 4:11

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

KJV

Meaning

Cain's judgment is connected to the soil that absorbed his brother's blood. His violence fractures his relation to the ground he worked.

This curse concerns Cain in the narrative and should not be extended to ethnic groups, skin color, hereditary social status, or later populations.

Violence damages more than the immediate victim; Genesis depicts it as disrupting the offender's own place, work and belonging.