^a“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

and have ^beaten of the tree

of which I commanded you,

‘You shall not eat of it,’

^ccursed is the ground because of you;

in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

18  thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;

and you shall eat the plants of the field.

19  By the sweat of your face

you shall eat bread,

till you return to the ground,

for ^dout of it you were taken;

for you are ^edust,

and to dust you shall return.”