In the conversation between God and Cain, God asks Cain where his brother is. God already knows that Cain has murdered his brother Abel, but wants Cain to admit it to him. In the phrase "Am I my brother's keeper" Cain is trying to explain to God that his job is a keeper of the grounds not a keeper of his brother. Although God already knows what has been done, he responds saying that his brother's blood is crying from the ground. He references the ground because Abel is clearly dead and on the ground his blood is spilled, but he also references it because Cain is the keeper of the grounds, therefore he is the keeper of his brother now that he has murdered him.
Although Cain is a murderer he still is protected. Some would say this is wrong but the way that I look at it is that Cain is now a wanderer and does as he pleases. He is now no longer apart of Adam and Eve's family and started out his own family. Because he murdered his brother, he gets punished for it and gets the mark.
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