Genesis 3:16-18

Easy-to-Read Version

“I will cause you to have much trouble
    when you are pregnant.
And when you give birth to children,
    you will have much pain.
You will want your husband very much,
    but he will rule over you.”^[a]

“I commanded you not to eat from that tree.
    But you listened to your wife and ate from it.
So I will curse the ground because of you.
    You will have to work hard all your life for the food the ground produces.
¹⁸ The ground will grow thorns and weeds for you.
    And you will have to eat the plants that grow wild in the fields.^[b]