Genesis 3:16-19

16 To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; 1in pain you shall bring forth children. 2Your desire shall be for[a] your husband, and he shall 3rule over you."
17 And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree 4of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' 5cursed is the ground because of you; 6in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; 7for you are dust, and 8to dust you shall return."

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Genesis 3:16-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 3

In this chapter an account is given of the temptation of our first parents, of the instrument of it, and of their fall into it, and of the effect of it, Ge 3:1-7 their summons upon it to appear before God, against whom they had sinned, Ge 3:8-10 their examination by him, and the excuses they made, Ge 3:11-13 the various sentences passed of the serpent, the woman, and the man, Ge 3:14-19 some incidental things recorded, expressive of faith and hope in man, and of favour to him, Ge 3:20,21 and his expulsion from the garden of Eden, Ge 3:22-24.

Cross References 8

  • 1. [John 16:21]
  • 2. Genesis 4:7; Song of Songs 7:10
  • 3. 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Corinthians 14:34; Ephesians 5:22-24; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:11, 12; Titus 2:5; 1 Pet. 3:1, 5, 6
  • 4. Genesis 2:17
  • 5. Genesis 5:29; [Romans 8:20-22]
  • 6. Ecclesiastes 2:22, 23
  • 7. Genesis 2:7; Psalms 103:14
  • 8. Job 34:15; Psalms 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20; Ecclesiastes 12:7; Romans 5:12

Footnotes 1

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