Gen 3:17-18, Rom 8:20-22 | ESV | STEP | And to Adam he said , Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, You shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life ;

Genesis 3:17-18

17 And to Adam he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
^aof which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
^bcursed is the ground because of you;
^cin pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Romans 8:20-22

20 For the creation ^dwas subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^ebecause of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that ^fthe creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that ^gthe whole creation ^hhas been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.