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17 Then he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree, although I commanded you, ‘You must never eat its fruit.’

    The ground is cursed because of you.
        Through hard work you will eat food that comes from it
            every day of your life.
18 The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you,
    and you will eat wild plants.
19 By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat
    until you return to the ground,
        because you were taken from it.
You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

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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)
19 By the sweat of your brow(H)
    you will eat your food(I)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(J)

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