17. Then God said to the man, “You listened to what your wife said. And you ate fruit from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from.“So I will put a curse on the ground.You will have to work very hard for food.In pain you will eat its foodall the days of your life.
18. The ground will produce thorns and weeds for you.And you will eat the plants of the field.
19. You will sweat and work hardfor your food.Later you will return to the ground.This is because you were taken from the ground.You are dust.And when you die, you will return to the dust.”