Genesis 3:17
And to Adam He said:
What it says
To Adam, God says the ground is cursed because he listened and ate, and he will eat from it only through painful labor all his days.
What it is doing
It links Adam's act to the curse on the ground and to lifelong toil.
In context
16To the woman He said: 17And to Adam He said: 18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, 19By the sweat of your brow 20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.