Genesis 3:18

Kotz also and dardar shall it bring forth to thee; 1 and thou shalt eat the esev of the sadeh; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And unto Adam He said, 1 Because thou paid heed unto the voice of thy isha, 1 and hast eaten of HaEtz, 1 of which I commanded thee, saying, 1 Thou shalt not eat of it, 1 arurah (cursed) is haadamah because of thee; 1 in itzavon + 3:17 itzavon see verse 16 (pain, suffering) shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 1

19In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat lechem, 1 till thou return unto haadamah; 1 for out of it wast thou taken; 1 for aphar thou art, 1 and unto aphar shalt thou return.

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Cross References

Job 1:21And said, Arom came I out of beten immi, and arom shall I return there; Hashem gave, and Hashem hath taken away; yehi Shem Hashem mevorach.

Job 31:40Let thistles grow instead of chittim (wheat), and weed instead of barley. The divrei Iyov are ended.

Psalms 104:2Who coverest Thyself with ohr (light) as with a garment; 1 Who stretchest out Shomayim like a tent (curtain); 1

Proverbs 22:5Thorns and pachim (snares) are in the derech of the crooked; 1 he that is shomer over his nefesh shall be far from them. 1

Isaiah 5:6And I will lay it waste; 1 it shall not be pruned, 1 nor cultivated; 1 but there shall come up briers and thorns; 1 I will also command the clouds that they rain no matar (rain) upon it. 1

Isaiah 7:24With arrows and with bows shall men come there; because kol ha'aretz shall become briers and thorns.

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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