Genesis 3:19

  • Zayin

    “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”  Genesis 3:19  NASB Blood, sweat, and tears – In Rabbi Michael L. Munk’s book, The Wisdom in the Hebrew Alphabet, zayin, the seventh letter of…

  • Bite the Dust (2)

    “By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”  Genesis 3:19  NASB Dust – Remember this: The Hebrew word dakkāʾ means both “crushed” and “contrite.”  However, it has a second root spelling exactly the…

  • Plato’s Legacy

    By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.Genesis 3:19  NASB Return to the ground– suveka el ha’adamah says the text.  We recognize the verb and the noun, šûb andʾădāmâ (“to turn/return” and “ground/earth”).  But do…

  • Mostly Blues

    “By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, till you return to the ground, because from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19 NASB Sweat – When it comes to music, I’m a blues man. Give me Clapton, B.B. King, Tommy Castro, Robert Cray or Debbie…

  • The Un-promised Land

    by the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until your return to the ground. Genesis 3:19 Sweat – So, how’s it working out for you?  Is life a struggle?  Are you eating bread by the sweat of your face?  Adam did us no favor by disobeying God.  Today, humanity is part of the…