Genesis 3 – Line 00074

LINE RENDERING FILE

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE

This isn’t a lesson. It’s a space. Come as you are. Let the line speak to you.

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INTRO

This file gives a minimal English phrasing of the original line, built directly from the Line Source File.

It’s readable, but not smoothed. Nothing is added beyond what’s traceable.

RENDERED LINE

And thorn and thistle it shall bring forth for you, and you shall eat the grass of the field.

RENDERING NOTES

“And thorn and thistle” (וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר) — paired nouns linked by repetition of “ve” (and); poetic doubling.

“It shall bring forth” (תַּצְמִיחַ) — Hifil imperfect; refers back to “the ground” (implicit from v.17).

“For you” (לָךְ) — indirect object; the consequence is personalized.

“And you shall eat” (וְאָכַלְתָּ) — Qal perfect with vav-consecutive; continues future sequence from v.17.

“The grass of the field” (אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה) — direct object marked by “et”; contrasts with Edenic provision.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“It” supplied for subject clarity.

“Shall” inserted to match Hebrew imperfect tense.

“And” retained from Hebrew conjunctions.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Expands and deepens the ground-human rupture announced in v.17.

Introduces imagery of struggle and altered vegetation — not just cursed ground, but changed produce.

Reinforces relational shift between human and land.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Continues poetic-legal declaration style from v.17.

“Thorn and thistle” becomes a literary and theological motif echoed in later texts (e.g. Hosea 10:8, Hebrews 6:8).

CAUTIONARY REMINDER

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It draws from the Line Source File and reflects the structure of the original text as faithfully as possible, while adapting to minimal English phrasing.

Interpretive meaning is not asserted. For lexical and grammatical details, consult the Line Source File.