Genesis 3:17: "And unto Adam he" [God] "said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;"

Genesis 3:18: "Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;"

Genesis 3:19: "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."

Genesis 3:22: "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:"

Genesis 3:23: "Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."

2 Esdras 4:26: "Then answered he" [The angel] "me, and said, The more thou" [Esdras] "searchest, the more thou shalt marvel; for the world hasteth fast to pass away,"

2 Esdras 4:27: "And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come: for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities."

2 Esdras 4:28: "But as concerning the things whereof thou askest me, I will tell thee; for the evil is sown, but the destruction thereof is not yet come."

2 Esdras 4:29: "If therefore that which is sown be not turned upside down, and if the place where the evil is sown pass not away, then cannot it come that is sown with good."

2 Esdras 4:30: "For the grain of evil seed hath been sown in the heart of Adam from the beginning, and how much ungodliness hath it brought up unto this time? and how much shall it yet bring forth until the time of threshing come?"

2 Esdras 4:31: "Ponder now by thyself, how great fruit of wickedness the grain of evil seed hath brought forth."

2 Esdras 4:32: "And when the ears shall be cut down, which are without number, how great a floor shall they fill?"