Genesis 3:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸You will eat plants from the field,
    even though the ground produces thorns and prickly weeds.
¹⁹You will have to work hard and sweat a lot
    to produce the food you eat.
You were made out of the ground.
    You will return to it when you die.
You are dust,
    and you will return to dust.”

²⁰Adam named his wife Eve. She would become the mother of every living person.

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Genesis 3:18-20

New International Version

¹⁸It will produce thorns and thistles^(A) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(B)
¹⁹By the sweat of your brow^(C)
    you will eat your food^(D)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”^(E)