Commentators explain that the sentence "in the sweat of thy face" extends beyond farming to all human labor, which is now marked by struggle and weariness as a direct consequence of the fall. This life of toil culminates in physical death—a return to the dust from which humanity was made. Scholars like John Gill and Charles Ellicott see this as a constant reminder of our frailty, as the gift of unending life was withdrawn and the body was left to its natural, mortal course.