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All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. <a href="/esv/genesis/3.htm">English Standard Version</a> And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; <a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. <a href="/kjv/genesis/3.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/genesis/3.htm">New King James Version</a> Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. <a href="/nasb_/genesis/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; With hard labor you shall eat from it All the days of your life. <a href="/nasb/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1995</a> Then to Adam He said, &#8220Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, &#8216You shall not eat from it’ Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. <a href="/nasb77/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. <a href="/lsb/genesis/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In pain you will eat of it All the days of your life. <a href="/amp/genesis/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Then to Adam the LORD God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’; The ground is [now] under a curse because of you; In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it All the days of your life. <a href="/csb/genesis/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> And he said to the man, “Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life. <a href="/hcsb/genesis/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> And He said to Adam, &#8220Because you listened to your wife&#8217s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, &#8216Do not eat from it: The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life. <a href="/asv/genesis/3.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; <a href="/cev/genesis/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit I told you not to eat. And so, the ground will be under a curse because of what you did. As long as you live, you will have to struggle to grow enough food. <a href="/erv/genesis/3.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; <a href="/gwt/genesis/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 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. <a href="/gnt/genesis/3.htm">Good News Translation</a> And he said to the man, "You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you. <a href="/isv/genesis/3.htm">International Standard Version</a> He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life. <a href="/msb/genesis/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And to Adam He said: ?Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. <a href="/net/genesis/3.htm">NET Bible</a> But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. <a href="/nheb/genesis/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. <a href="/wbt/genesis/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to 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; <a href="/web/genesis/3.htm">World English Bible</a> To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/genesis/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And to the man He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eat from the tree concerning which I have charged you, saying, You do not eat of it, cursed [is] the ground on your account; in sorrow you eat of it [for] all days of your life, <a href="/ylt/genesis/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And to the man He said, 'Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and dost eat of the tree concerning which I have charged thee, saying, Thou dost not eat of it, cursed is the ground on thine account; in sorrow thou dost eat of it all days of thy life, <a href="/slt/genesis/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And to Adam he said, Because thou didst listen to the voice of thy wife, and thou wilt eat from the tree which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat from it; cursed the earth for thy sake; in labor shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/genesis/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. <a href="/cpdv/genesis/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Yet truly, to Adam, he said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, from which I instructed you that you should not eat, cursed is the land that you work. In hardship shall you eat from it, all the days of your life. <a href="/nabre/genesis/3.htm">New American Bible</a> To the man he said: Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, You shall not eat from it, Cursed is the ground because of you! In toil you shall eat its yield all the days of your life. <a href="/nrsvce/genesis/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> And to the man he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/genesis/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat the fruits of it all the days of your life; <a href="/hpbt/genesis/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And to Adam He said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife, and you ate from the tree that I ordered you and said to you, that you shall not eat from it, Earth is cursed because of you; in sorrows you will eat of it all the days of your life;<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/genesis/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. <a href="/sep/genesis/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it only not to eat - of that thou hast eaten, cursed is the ground in thy labours, in pain shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. <a href="/parallel/genesis/3-17.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=673" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">The Punishment of Mankind</a> 16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” 17<a href="/hebrew/121.htm" title="121: ū·lə·’ā·ḏām (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The same as 'adam; Adam the name of the first man, also of a place in Palestine.">And to Adam</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">He said:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">“Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">you have listened</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: lə·qō·wl (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">to the voice</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">of</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: ’iš·te·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">your wife</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wat·tō·ḵal (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">and have eaten</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: hā·‘êṣ (Art:: N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">from the tree</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">of which</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯî·ḵā (V-Piel-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I commanded</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you not</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ṯō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: mim·men·nū (Prep:: 3ms) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/779.htm" title="779: ’ă·rū·rāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- To curse. A primitive root; to execrate.">cursed</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">is the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/5668.htm" title="5668: ba·‘ă·ḇū·re·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- Or rabur; passive participle of abar; properly, crossed, i.e. transit; used only adverbially, on account of, in order that.">because of you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6093.htm" title="6093: bə·‘iṣ·ṣā·ḇō·wn (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A pain, toil. From atsab; worrisomeness, i.e. Labor or pain.">through toil</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵă·len·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3fse) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">you will eat of it</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yə·mê (N-mpc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ḥay·ye·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">of your life.</a> 18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a> For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. <a href="/isaiah/24-5.htm">Isaiah 24:5-6</a> The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. <a href="/hebrews/6-8.htm">Hebrews 6:8</a> But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned. <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a> How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.” <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3</a> Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-24</a> If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ... <a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12-19</a> Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned. / For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law. / Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come. ... <a href="/ecclesiastes/1-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:2-3</a> “Futility of futilities,” says the Teacher, “futility of futilities! Everything is futile!” / What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun? <a href="/isaiah/65-21.htm">Isaiah 65:21-23</a> They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. / No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands. / They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD—they and their descendants with them. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3</a> I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ. <a href="/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6-7</a> For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground. / Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. <a href="/revelation/22-3.htm">Revelation 22:3</a> No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be within the city, and His servants will worship Him. <a href="/psalms/107-34.htm">Psalm 107:34</a> and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-21.htm">1 Corinthians 15:21-22</a> For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. / For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. <a href="/isaiah/55-10.htm">Isaiah 55:10-11</a> For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, / so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life;Because.<a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">1 Samuel 15:23,24</a> For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king… <a href="/matthew/22-12.htm">Matthew 22:12</a> And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.<a href="/matthew/25-26.htm">Matthew 25:26,27,45</a> His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: … and hast.<a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Genesis 3:6,11</a> And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat… <a href="/genesis/2-16.htm">Genesis 2:16,17</a> And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: … <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23,24</a> But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you… cursed.<a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Genesis 5:29</a> And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.<a href="/psalms/127-2.htm">Psalm 127:2</a> It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.<a href="/ecclesiastes/1-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:2,3,13,14</a> Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity… in sorrow.<a href="/job/5-6.htm">Job 5:6,7</a> Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; … <a href="/job/14-1.htm">Job 14:1</a> Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.<a href="/job/21-17.htm">Job 21:17</a> How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/3-9.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/genesis/3-13.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/genesis/3-11.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/3-11.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/2-19.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-18.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/genesis/2-9.htm">Life</a> <a href="/revelation/16-2.htm">Painful</a> <a href="/revelation/2-3.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/revelation/2-2.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/genesis/3-12.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/genesis/3-10.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/7-4.htm">Wife's</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/3-20.htm">Adam</a> <a href="/genesis/18-8.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/genesis/6-22.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/genesis/4-11.htm">Cursed</a> <a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/3-18.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/genesis/3-19.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/genesis/16-2.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/genesis/3-20.htm">Life</a> <a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Painful</a> <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Sake</a> <a href="/genesis/6-6.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/genesis/5-29.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/genesis/3-22.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/genesis/3-20.htm">Wife</a> <a href="/genesis/3-20.htm">Wife's</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 3</div>1. <a href="/genesis/3-1.htm">The serpent deceives Eve.</a> 6. <a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin.</a> 8. <a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">God arraigns them.</a> 14. <a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">The serpent is cursed.</a> 15. <a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">The promised seed.</a> 16. <a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">The punishment of mankind.</a> 21. <a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Their first clothing.</a> 22. <a href="/genesis/3-22.htm">Their expulsion from paradise.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/3.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/genesis/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/genesis/3.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>And to Adam He said: This phrase introduces God's direct address to Adam, highlighting the personal nature of the consequences of sin. Adam, as the first man, represents humanity, and his actions have implications for all his descendants. This moment marks a pivotal point in biblical history, where the relationship between God and man is altered due to disobedience.Because you have listened to the voice of your wife Adam's decision to heed Eve's suggestion over God's command illustrates the theme of misplaced priorities and the consequences of failing to uphold divine instruction. This phrase underscores the importance of obedience to God above all else, a recurring theme throughout Scripture. It also reflects the dynamics of human relationships and the potential for leading one another astray, as seen in other biblical narratives such as Solomon's marriages leading him to idolatry (<a href="/1_kings/11.htm">1 Kings 11:1-4</a>).and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, This act of disobedience is central to the Fall narrative. The tree represents the boundary set by God, and eating from it signifies the breach of divine law. The command not to eat from the tree is a test of obedience and trust in God's wisdom. This disobedience introduces sin into the world, a theme that is echoed in <a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a>, where Paul discusses how sin entered the world through one man.cursed is the ground because of you; The curse on the ground signifies a fundamental change in the created order, affecting the environment and humanity's relationship with it. This curse introduces hardship into human labor and reflects the broader consequences of sin affecting all creation, as seen in <a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a>, where creation is described as being subjected to frustration and longing for redemption.through toil you will eat of it This phrase highlights the shift from the ease of life in Eden to a life of labor and struggle. The concept of toil reflects the broader biblical theme of work and its challenges, as seen in <a href="/ecclesiastes/2-22.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:22-23</a>, where the Preacher reflects on the burdensome nature of labor. It also foreshadows the redemptive work of Christ, who offers rest and restoration (<a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a>).all the days of your life. This indicates the enduring nature of the consequences of sin, affecting Adam and his descendants throughout their earthly existence. It underscores the permanence of the fallen state until the ultimate redemption through Christ, as promised in <a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a>, where God will wipe away every tear and remove the curse.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/a/adam.htm">Adam</a> The first man created by God, who disobeyed God's command by eating from the forbidden tree. 2. <a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a> The Creator who pronounces judgment on Adam for his disobedience. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_ground.htm">The Ground</a> Cursed as a result of Adam's sin, symbolizing the broken relationship between humanity and creation. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_tree_of_knowledge_of_good_and_evil.htm">The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil</a> The specific tree from which Adam was commanded not to eat. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_curse.htm">The Curse</a> The consequence of Adam's sin, affecting both him and the earth.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a> Adam's choice to listen to his wife over God's command led to a curse on the ground, illustrating the far-reaching impact of sin. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_work.htm">The Role of Work</a> Work, originally a blessing, becomes toilsome due to sin. This teaches us about the redemptive nature of work in a fallen world. <a href="/topical/l/listening_to_god.htm">Listening to God</a> The importance of prioritizing God's voice over others is emphasized, reminding us to seek His guidance in our decisions. <a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_redemption.htm">The Hope of Redemption</a> While the ground is cursed, the promise of redemption through Christ offers hope for restoration and renewal. <a href="/topical/t/the_interconnectedness_of_creation.htm">The Interconnectedness of Creation</a> Adam's sin affected all of creation, highlighting the interconnectedness of humanity and the environment.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/genesis/3.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(17, 18) Unto Adam (without the article, and therefore a proper name) he said.--Lange thoughtfully remarks that while the woman was punished by the entrance of sorrow into the small subjective world of her womanly calling, man is punished by the derangement of the great objective world over which he was to have dominion. Instead of protecting his wife and shielding her from evil, he had passively followed her lead in disobeying God's command; and therefore "the ground," the adamah out of which Adam had been formed, instead of being as heretofore his friend and willing subject, becomes unfruitful, and must be forced by toil and labour to yield its produce. Left to itself, it will no longer bring forth choice trees laden with generous fruit, such as Adam found in the garden, but the natural tendency will be to degenerate, till "thorns" only "and thistles" usurp the ground. Even after his struggle with untoward nature man wins for himself no paradisiacal banquet, but must "eat the herb of the field" (<a href="/job/30-4.htm" title="Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat.">Job 30:4</a>); and the end of this weary struggle is decay and death. In the renewed earth the golden age of paradise will return, and the tendency of nature will no longer be to decay and degeneration, but to the substitution unceasingly of the nobler and the more beautiful in the place of that which was worthless and mean (<a href="/isaiah/55-13.htm" title="Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.">Isaiah 55:13</a>).<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 17. - And unto Adam he said. The noun here used for the first time without the article is explained as a proper name (Keil, Lunge, Speaker's 'Commentary'), though perhaps it is rather designed to express the man s representative character (Macdonald). Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife. Preceding his sentence with a declaration of his guilt, which culminated in this, that instead of acting as his wife's protector prior to her disobedience, or as her mentor subsequent to that act, in the hope of brining her to repentance, he became her guilty coadjutor through yielding himself to her persuasions. And hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it. For which a twofold judgment is likewise pronounced upon Adam. Cursed is the ground. Ha adamah, out of which man was taken (<a href="/genesis/2-7.htm">Genesis 2:7</a>); i.e. the soil outside of the garden. The language does not necessarily imply that now, for the first time, in consequence of the fall, the physical globe underwent a change, "becoming from that point onward a realm of deformity and discord, as before it was not, and displaying in all its sceneries and combinations the tokens of a broken constitution" (vide Bushnell, 'Nature and the Supernatural,' <a href="/genesis/7.htm">Genesis 7</a>.); simply it announces the fact that, because of the transgression of which he had been guilty, he would find the land beyond the confines of Eden lying under a doom of sterility (cf. <a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20</a>). For thy sake. בַּעֲבוּרֶך. 1. Because of thy sin it required to be such a world. 2. For thy good it was better that such a curse should lie upon the ground. Reading ד instead of ר, the LXX. translate ἐν τοῖς ἔργοις; and the Vulgate, In operetuo. In sorrow. Literally, painful labor (cf. ver. 16; <a href="/proverbs/5-10.htm">Proverbs 5:10</a>). Shalt thou eat of it. I.e. of its fruits (cf. <a href="/isaiah/1-7.htm">Isaiah 1:7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/36-16.htm">Isaiah 36:16</a>; <a href="/isaiah/37-30.htm">Isaiah 37:30</a>). "Bread of sorrow" (<a href="/psalms/127-2.htm">Psalm 127:2</a>) is bread procured and eaten amidst hard labor. All the days of thy life. <a href="/commentaries/genesis/3-17.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And to Adam וּלְאָדָ֣ם (ū·lə·’ā·ḏām) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_121.htm">Strong's 121: </a> Adam -- the first man, also a city in the Jordan Valley He said: אָמַ֗ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say “Because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction you have listened שָׁמַעְתָּ֮ (šā·ma‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently to the voice לְק֣וֹל (lə·qō·wl) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound of מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of your wife אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ (’iš·te·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> Woman, wife, female and have eaten וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ (wat·tō·ḵal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat of the tree הָעֵ֔ץ (hā·‘êṣ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood from which אֲשֶׁ֤ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I commanded צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ (ṣiw·wî·ṯî·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order you not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no to eat, תֹאכַ֖ל (ṯō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat cursed אֲרוּרָ֤ה (’ă·rū·rāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_779.htm">Strong's 779: </a> To execrate [is] the ground הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ (hā·’ă·ḏā·māh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> Ground, land because of you; בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ (ba·‘ă·ḇū·re·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5668.htm">Strong's 5668: </a> Crossed, transit, on account of, in order that through toil בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ (bə·‘iṣ·ṣā·ḇō·wn) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6093.htm">Strong's 6093: </a> Worrisomeness, labor, pain you will eat [of] it תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה (tō·ḵă·len·nāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat all כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the days יְמֵ֥י (yə·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of your life. חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ (ḥay·ye·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">OT Law: Genesis 3:17 To Adam he said Because you have (Gen. 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