Genesis 3:19 — By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, f… — ESV | maBible

Read Genesis 3:19 (English Standard Version) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: Genesis 3.19, Genesis 3v19, Gen. 3:19. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

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19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Passage themes

Painful labor — In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread
The unavoidable end — till thou return unto the ground
Our earthly origin — dust thou art
Returned to the earth — unto dust shalt thou return

Notes and references

3:19 ch. 2:7; Ps. 103:14
3:19 Job 34:15; Ps. 104:29; Eccles. 3:20; 12:7; Rom. 5:12

Events in this chapter

3.1 — Chute
3.7 — Conséquences chute

Did you know?

Le prix du pardon La Genèse rapporte le premier sacrifice de la Bible : Dieu lui-même habille Adam et Ève de vêtements de peau (Genèse 3:21). Pour couvrir leur honte, un animal a dû mourir. Dès le début, le pardon a un prix, et c'est Dieu qui le paie.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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