Punishment

"And the earth will grow thron and thistle for you, and you will eat the grass of the field..." [Genesis 3:18]

God was angry because Adam and Eve were enticed to the saying of the snake, and ate from fruits of the knowledge tree.
Here God ordered on them explicitly that not to eat from them, and he gave them all like the many other trees that they can eat from fruits.
When God created garden Eden and brought in Adam and Eve in there, he hoped to build wonderful place.
Place that there will be not jealous in there, and without sins, without slander and lies.
And here Adam and Eve just diasppointed him.
That he loved them all like.

God was very angry, and decided to expel the two from garden Eden to world that the livings in it are more hard and tired.
"From now, you will not find the all ready before you", the God said silently, but Adam heard the anger in his voice, and trembled from fear.
" Hard work waits for you.
The earth will grow thron and thistle for you, and you will eat the grass of the field."

Adam understood what the punishment that was taken on him seemed, and he begged to the God:
"Lord of world, punishment is very heavy, how will I be able to eat thorn and thistle?
Do you want that I will be like donky?
Is it possible that I, (Adam, the creature the more wise in the world that you created, ) I will eat the food that the donkey eats?"
The God heard claim of Adam, and said: "in seet your face you will eat them, and as you will remember always that you did not heard in my voice."
Adam knew that from now the responsibility on his food will fall on him.

If he will want - he will eat like donky, but if he will want - he will also be able to work, to invent, to develop, to praise the food, to bake bread, and to eat like son of Adam.




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