16. He said to the woman,“I will increase your pain and your laborwhen you give birth to children.Yet, you will long for your husband,and he will rule you.”
17. Then he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree, although I commanded you, ‘You must never eat its fruit.’The ground is cursed because of you.Through hard work you will eat ⌊food that comes⌋ from itevery day of your life.
18. The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you,and you will eat wild plants.