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Bible›Genesis›3:19

What does Genesis 3:19 mean?

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:19, King James Version
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The verse in its chapter

Genesis 3:17-21

  1. 17 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;
  2. 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
  3. 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
  4. 20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
  5. 21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

Study note

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871) (public domain).

till thou return unto the ground--Man became mortal; although he did not die the moment he ate the forbidden fruit, his body underwent a change, and that would lead to dissolution; the union subsisting between his soul and God having already been dissolved, he had become liable to all the miseries of this life and to the pains of hell for ever.

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Cross references

Other Bible passages linked to this one, most cited first.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:7

    Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.

  • Job 34:15

    All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust.

  • Psalms 104:29

    Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

  • Genesis 2:7

    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

  • Psalms 90:3

    Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

  • Ephesians 4:28

    Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

About the book of Genesis

Author
Moses, according to Jewish and Christian tradition (authorship debated)
When
15th or 13th century BC by tradition; final form debated
Period
Origens, sem data segura (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

In the Mercy Bible Atlas (in Portuguese)

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Bible text: King James Version (public domain). Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0). Notes: Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0) or Jamieson, Fausset & Brown (1871, public domain).
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