[are those] who are of heaven (heavenlyminded). And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven.” In the Book of Genesis 3, what befell the first Adam is revealed to us in this way, GENESIS 3:14 says “And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all [domestic] animals and above every [wild] living thing of the field; upon your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust [and what it contains] all the days of your life.” And Verse 19 says “In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you 9
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