Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until that thou return to the earth, because from it thou wast created; for dust thou art, and to dust thou wilt return.

Targum Onkelos

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

18Thorns and thistles it shall put forth for thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

20And Adam called the name of his wife Hava, because she was the mother of all the children of men.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:5And all the days of Adam which he lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died.

Genesis 23:4I am a guest and a sojourner with you: give me the possession of a sepulchre with you, that I may bury my dead from before me.

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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