Genesis 3 – Line 00073

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And to the man he said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground because of you. In pain you shall eat from it all the days of your life.”

RENDERING NOTES

“And to the man he said” (וּלְאָדָם אָמַר) — parallel structure to 3:14, 3:16.

“Because you listened to the voice of your wife” — causal clause establishing basis for consequence.

“And ate from the tree” (וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ) — refers to direct action contrary to command.

“Which I commanded you, saying…” — embedded quotation structure to recall divine prohibition.

“Cursed is the ground because of you” — passive participle fronted for emphasis.

“In pain you shall eat from it” (בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּאכֲלֶנָּה) — echo of “pain” motif from 3:16; toil in contrast to earlier abundance.

“All the days of your life” — temporal closure; introduces lifelong burden.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“Because,” “about which,” “from it,” and quotation marks used for clarity and flow.

“Shall” added to express Hebrew imperfect forms in future/command modality.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Final divine address of the sequence (after serpent and woman).

Introduces transformation in relationship between human and ground.

Begins thematic shift toward mortality and labor.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Mirrors the structure of 3:14–16: direct address, cause, consequence.

Uses repetition of “eat” (akal) to bookend violation and penalty.

Sets up continuation in 3:18–19, culminating in return to dust.

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