Genesis 3:17

¶ 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;

And unto Adam {H121} he said {H559}, Because thou hast hearkened {H8085} unto the voice {H6963} of thy wife {H802}, and hast eaten {H398} of the tree {H6086}, of which {H834} I commanded thee {H6680}, saying {H559}, Thou shalt not eat {H398} of it: cursed {H779} is the ground {H127} for thy sake; in sorrow {H6093} shalt thou eat {H398} of it all {H3605} the days {H3117} of thy life {H2416};

To Adam he said, “Because you listened to what your wife said and ate from the tree about which I gave you the order, ‘You are not to eat from it,’ the ground is cursed on your account; you will work hard to eat from it as long as you live.

And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Romans 8:20

    For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected [the same] in hope,

  • Romans 8:22

    For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

  • Genesis 5:29

    And 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.

  • Isaiah 24:5

    The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.

  • Isaiah 24:6

    Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.

  • Ecclesiastes 2:22

    For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun?

  • Ecclesiastes 2:23

    For all his days [are] sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity.
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