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By the sweatבְּזֵעַתof your faceאַפֶּיךָyou will eatתֹּאכַלbreadלֶחֶםuntilעַדyou returnשׁוּבְךָto the ground,אֶל הָאֲדָמָהforכִּיfrom itמִמֶּנָּהyou were taken;לֻקָּחְתָּforכִּיdustעָפָרyouאַתָּהare,and to dustוְאֶל עָפָרyou will return.”תָּשׁוּב
Genesis 3:19
Study it in the app“By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return.””
Because he ate from the tree, Adam hears that the ground is cursed and work will be toilSuffering and TrialsGod tells the man: “dust you are, and to dust you will return”Death and Eternal Life
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:19, word by word
- By the sweatזֵעַתzeat
sweat
Sweat.
Where else “zeat” appears- of your faceאַפֶּיape
face
A person's face: it is bowed to the ground to honor, and "before someone" is in front of his face.
Where else “ape” appears- you will eatתֹּאכַלtochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- you returnשׁוּבְshuv
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “shuv” appears- to the groundאֲדָמָהadama
soil
Farmland, or dust.
Where else “adama” appears- you were takenלֻקָּחְתָּlukachta
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “lukachta” appears- dustעָפָרafar
dust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appears
The context
18And thorns and thistles it will make sprout for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 · This verse (above)
20And the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.
To study Genesis 3 in a group
1. What it says
What did the serpent say to the woman, and what did she and the man do afterward (vv. 1-6)?
2. What it means
What changed between the man, the woman, and Elohim after they ate the fruit (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
When you fail, how can you come near to Elohim instead of hiding, as the man did (v. 8)?