The effects of the cursed ground, with its thorns and thistles, were so keenly felt by Adam’s descendants that Noah’s father, Lamech, spoke of “the pain of our hands resulting from the ground which Jehovah has cursed. ”
Aadama järeltulijad kogesid maapinna needuse ning igasuguste ohakate ja okkaliste põõsaste mõju nii tugevalt, et Noa isa Lemek rääkis „käte vaevast maa pärast, mille Jehoova on neednud ”.