Editing Cain (section)

===Curse and mark===
{{See also|Curse and mark of Cain}}

According to {{Bibleref2|Genesis|4:1–16|HE}}, Cain treacherously murdered his brother, Abel, lied about the murder to God, and as a result, was cursed and marked for life. With the earth left cursed to drink Abel's blood, Cain could no longer farm the land. He becomes a "fugitive and wanderer" and receives a mark from God - commonly referred to as the ''[[mark of Cain]] -'' so that no one can enact vengeance on him.{{Sfn|Byron|2011|pp=93, 119, 121}}

[[Exegesis]] of the [[Septuagint]]'s narrative, "groaning and shaking upon the earth" has Cain suffering from body tremors.{{sfn|Byron|2011|p=98}} Interpretations extend Cain's curse to his descendants, where they all died in the [[Genesis flood narrative|Great Deluge]] as retribution for the loss of Abel's potential offspring.{{Sfn|Byron|2011|p= 122}}

The [[Pearl of Great Price (Mormonism)|Pearl of Great Price]], a [[Mormonism|Mormon]] book of scripture, has been interpreted to depict the descendants of Cain as dark-skinned,<ref name="Harris2015">{{cite book|last1=Harris|first1=Matthew L.|last2=Bringhurst|first2=Newell G.|title=The Mormon Church and Blacks: A Documentary History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn20CgAAQBAJ&pg=PAiii|date=2015|publisher=University of Illinois Press|location=Chicago|isbn=978-0-252-08121-7}}</ref>{{rp|12}} and church president Brigham Young stated, "What is the mark? You will see it on the countenance of every African you ever did see...."<ref name=Teachings>{{cite book |last1=Collier |first1=Fred C. |title=The Teachings of President Brigham Young Vol. 3 1852–1854 |date=1987 |publisher=Collier Publishing Co. |location=Salt Lake City |isbn=9780934964012 |page=42 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LkRZGQ8oO8IC}}</ref><ref>{{cite archive |first=George D. |last=Watt |item =Brigham Young, 1852 February 5 |item-url=https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/assets/c87f81ec-019c-4962-b395-d7c1c925fa61/0/2 |type= |item-id=CR 100 317 |date=5 Feb 1852 |page=2|collection=Historian's Office reports of speeches, 1845-1885 |collection-url=https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/record/73160837-a293-4121-b723-41387a081cb8/|institution=LDS Church History Library |location =Salt Lake City}}</ref> However, this position was disavowed by modern leaders of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]. 

In another biblical account, [[Ham (son of Noah)|Ham]] discovered his father [[Noah]] drunk and naked in his tent. Because of this, Noah cursed Ham's son, [[Canaan (son of Ham)|Canaan]] to be "servants of servants".<ref>{{bibleref2|Genesis|9:20-27|KJV}}</ref><ref name="Reeve 2015">{{cite book|last1=Reeve|first1=W. Paul|title=Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness|date=2015|publisher=Oxford University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=95j4BQAAQBAJ|location=New York, New York|isbn=978-0-19-975407-6}}</ref>{{rp|125}} Although the scriptures do not mention Ham's skin color, some doctrines associated the curse with black people and used it to justify [[slavery]].<ref name="Reeve 2015" />{{rp|125}}