It&#x27;s not so much a command as a curse:<p>17 And unto Adam he 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;<p>18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;<p>19 <i>In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread</i>, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.