A Lacuna in the Book of Genesis? 0 ▲ Laudator Temporis Acti 1 hour ago · Writing · hide · 0 comments C.S. Lewis, letter to his father (July 19? 1915): However, this I suppose is part of the curse inherited from our first parents: my private opinion is that after the words 'In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou earn thy bread' [Genesis 3:19] another clause has dropped out from the original text, running 'In the exasperation of thy souls shalt thou attend social functions'. No comments yet. Log in to reply on the Fediverse. Comments will appear here.