Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to 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;
Webster Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Cross References
Genesis 3:6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise; she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
Genesis 5:29And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed.
Job 5:6Although affliction cometh not forth from the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;
Job 14:1Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
Psalms 90:7For we are consumed by thy anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled.
Ecclesiastes 1:2Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:17
Sentence Passed on Eve. ( b. c. 4004.) 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. We have here the sentence passed upon the woman for her sin. Two things she is condemned to: a state of sorrow, and a state of subjection, proper punishments of a sin in which she had gratified her pleasure and her pride. I. She is here put into a state of sorrow, one particular of… Read the whole commentary →