16 To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(A)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(B)Your desire shall be [a]for your husband,
And he shall (C)rule over you.”

17 Then to Adam He said, (D)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (E)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

(F)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(G)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [b]bring forth for you,
And (H)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (I)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(J)For dust you are,
And (K)to dust you shall return.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
  2. Genesis 3:18 cause to grow

16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to children.(A)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.(B)

17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(C)

“Cursed(D) is the ground(E) because of you;
    through painful toil(F) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.(G)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(H) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(I)
19 By the sweat of your brow(J)
    you will eat your food(K)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(L)

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