The voice of your brother's blood
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καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεός Τί ἐποίησας; φωνὴ αἵματος τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου βοᾷ πρός με ἐκ τῆς γῆς.
φωνὴ αἵματος… βοᾷ πρός με, "the voice of blood cries out to me," gives the Bible its first image of blood as a witness that will not stay silent — the ground itself is made to testify. The New Testament twice reaches back to this exact image: Heb 12:24 contrasts "the blood of sprinkling, which speaks a better word than [that of] Abel," and Heb 11:4 says Abel, though dead, "still speaks" — his blood's cry becomes his testimony of faith.
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