Genesis 3:19

You will work very hard to get your food, so you will get hot, and you will sweat a lot. And later on, you will die. I made you from the dirt, and after you die, your body will turn back into dirt.”

Plain English Version

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

20Adam’s wife was the first woman, and all the people in the world came from her. So Adam gave her the name Eve. That name means somebody that gives life.

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Cross References

Genesis 5:5He died when he was 930 years old.

Genesis 23:4Abraham said to them, “This is your land, and I am just camping here. I need to bury my wife’s body. Can I buy some of your land to use for a grave?”

Psalms 22:29Even people that have lots of food and good things in this life, they will show respect to God. Everybody that’s dying and can’t keep themselves alive, they will get down on their knees to show respect to God.

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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