Kejadian 3:18

3:18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,

but you will eat the grain ¹  of the field.

Matius 13:7

13:7 Other seeds fell among the thorns, ²  and they grew up and choked them. ³ 

[3:18]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term עֵשֶׂב (’esev), when referring to human food, excludes grass (eaten by cattle) and woody plants like vines.

[13:7]  ² sn Palestinian weeds like these thorns could grow up to six feet in height and have a major root system.

[13:7]  ³ sn That is, crowded out the good plants.