Genesis 3:19

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Summary

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

In

For dust

Genesis 2:7

Genesis 18:27

And

General references

Bible References

In

What profit does a man have of all his labor that he works under the sun?

He that steals must steal no more. Let him labor, working with his hands the thing that is good, that he may have something to give to someone in need.

You may remember, brothers, our labor and hardship. We worked day and night that we would not burden any of you when we preached the good news of God to you.

While we were with you, we used to tell you: Whoever refuses to work is not allowed to eat.

For dust

Jehovah God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life. The man became a living being.

Then Abraham answered and said: Indeed now, I who am only dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to Jehovah:

And

He said: I am a stranger with no permanent home. Let me have some of your property for a tomb that I can bury my dead wife.

Should I look for the grave as my home and make my bed in the darkness?

Even after my skin is gone and this body destroyed, I will see God in my own flesh.

They lie down alike in the dust, and the worms cover them.

All flesh would perish and man would return to dust.

My power is dried up like pieces of broken pottery. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me down in the dust of death.

You hide your face, and they are frightened. You take away their breath, and they die and return to dust.

The man who wanders from the way of understanding will remain in the congregation of the dead.

All go to one place. All came from the dust and all return to dust.

Then the dust will return to the earth as it was. The spirit (life) will return to God who gave it.

Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

Therefore, through one-man sin entered into the world, and death through sin. So death passed to all men, for all have sinned.

Death came because of what one man did. The resurrection of the dead also comes because of what one man did.

General references

Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre (Hebron), in the land of Canaan.

All flesh would perish and man would return to dust.

Man goes to his work and to his labor until evening.

I have seen the task that God has given with which the sons of men are occupied.