16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to children.(A)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.(B)

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,’(C)

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

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16 A la mujer dijo:

«Multiplicaré tu sufrimiento en el parto
    y darás a luz a tus hijos con dolor.
Desearás a tu marido,
    y él te dominará».

17 Al hombre dijo:

«Por cuanto hiciste caso a tu esposa
    y comiste del árbol del que te prohibí comer,
    ¡maldito será el suelo por tu culpa!
Con sufrimiento comerás de él
    todos los días de tu vida.
18 La tierra te producirá cardos y espinas,
    y comerás hierbas silvestres.

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16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

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16 ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy [a]sorrows, and thy conceptions. In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thy desire shall be subject to thine husband, and he shall (A)rule over thee.

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) [b]cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

18 [c]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 3:16 The Lord comforteth Adam by the promise of the blessed seed, and also punisheth the body for the sin which the soul should have been punished for; that the spirit having conceived hope of forgiveness, might live by faith.
  2. Genesis 3:17 The transgression of God’s commandment was the cause that both mankind and all other creatures were subject to the curse.
  3. Genesis 3:18 These are not the natural fruits of the earth, but proceed of the corruption of sin.