Genesis 3:19

In 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

18Kotz also and dardar shall it bring forth to thee; 1 and thou shalt eat the esev of the sadeh; 1

20And HaAdam called the shem of his isha Chavah (Eve); because she was the Em kol chai.

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Cross References

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

Genesis 23:4I am a ger and a sojourner with you: give me an achuzzah (possession) of a kever with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight.

Job 10:9Remember, now, that Thou hast molded me like the chomer (clay), 1 and wilt Thou turn me into aphar again? 1

Job 19:26And though after my ohr (skin) has been thus destroyed, 1 yet from my basar I shall see Eloah; 1

Job 34:15All basar would perish together, 1 and adam would return unto aphar. 1

Psalms 22:29For the Meluchah is Hashemʼs: 1 and He is the Moshel over the Goyim. 1

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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