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 to Adam he said, 'Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from, the ground is now cursed because of you. You will have to work hard and struggle to get food from it for the rest of your life.'
God is telling Adam that because he disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit, farming and getting food from the earth will now be difficult and frustrating work for the rest of his life.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's response after Adam and Eve disobeyed Him by eating from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden. It represents the moment when sin entered the world and changed humanity's relationship with both God and creation. Before this disobedience, work in the garden was effortless and joyful, but now it would become toilsome and frustrating.
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