²⁹ And he called his name ^(A)Noah,^[a] saying, “This one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands, because of the ground ^(B)which the Lord has cursed.”

²⁰ For ^(A)the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it in hope; ²¹ because the creation itself also will be delivered from the bondage of ^[a]corruption into the glorious ^(B)liberty of the children of God. ²² For we know that the whole creation ^(C)groans and labors with birth pangs together until now.

^8 (A)but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.