Genesis 3:19

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.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

18And thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the field.

20And the man called his wife's name Eve [[Chavvah]]; because she was the mother of all living [[Chay]].

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Cross References

Genesis 5:5And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died.

Genesis 23:4A stranger and a sojourner I am with you; give me a possession for a burying-place with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Job 10:9Remember, I beseech thee, that as though I were clay hast thou made me; and wilt thou cause me to return again unto the dust?

Job 19:26And after my skin is cut to pieces will this be: and then freed from my body shall I behold God;

Job 34:15All flesh would perish together, and the son of earth would return again unto dust.

Psalms 22:29(22:30) All they that eat the fat of the earth shall bow themselves down; before him shall bend the knee all that are going down into the dust; for none can keep alive his own soul.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:18-20

Sentence Passed on Adam; Consequences of the Fall. ( b. c. 4004.) 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; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for… Read the whole commentary →

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