^{17 Ref} And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.

^{18 Ref} Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

^{19 Ref} With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.