Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because thou have hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground for thy sake. In toil thou shall eat of it all
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
18Also, thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee, and thou shall eat the herb of the field.
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate. And she also gave to her husband with her, and h
Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which LORD has cursed.
Job 5:6For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,
Job 14:1Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.
Psalms 90:7For we are consumed in thine anger, and in thy wrath are we troubled.
Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:17
Sentence Passed on Eve. ( b. c. 4004.) 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. We have here the sentence passed upon the woman for her sin. Two things she is condemned to: a state of sorrow, and a state of subjection, proper punishments of a sin in which she had gratified her pleasure and her pride. I. She is here put into a state of sorrow, one particular of… Read the whole commentary →