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Genesis 3:19 KJV
Genesis · chapter 3 · verse 19
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.Genesis 3:19 · King James Version
Genesis 3:19 in context
17And 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;
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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- returnshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- groundʼădâmâhsoilH127 →
- sweatzêʻâhperspirationH2188 →
- breadlechemfood , especially bread, or grainH3899 →
- takenlâqachto takeH3947 →
- faceʼaphproperly, the nose or nostrilH639 →
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We have here the sentence passed upon Adam, which is prefaced with a recital of his crime: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, Gen 3:17. He excused the fault, by laying it on his wife: She gave it me. But God does not admit the excuse. She could but tempt him, she could not force him;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-19