17 ¶ Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it) [a]cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

18 [b]Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:17 The transgression of God’s commandment was the cause that both mankind and all other creatures were subject to the curse.
  2. Genesis 3:18 These are not the natural fruits of the earth, but proceed of the corruption of sin.

17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(A)

“Cursed(B) is the ground(C) because of you;
    through painful toil(D) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.(E)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(F) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(G)

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