וּלְאָדָ֣ם אָמַ֗ר כִּֽי־שָׁמַעְתָּ֮ לְק֣וֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ מִן־הָעֵ֔ץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹ֥א תֹאכַ֖ל מִמֶּ֑נּוּ אֲרוּרָ֤ה הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה כֹּ֖ל יְמֵ֥י חַיֶּֽיךָ׃
און צו אָָדָמען האָט ער געזאָגט: װײַל דו האָסט צוגעהערט צו דעם קול פֿון דײַן װײַב, און געגעסן פֿון דעם בױם װאָס איך האָב דיר אָנגעזאָגט, אַזױ צו זאָגן: זאָלסט פֿון אים ניט עסן; זאָל די ערד זײַן פֿאַרשאָלטן פֿון דײַנעטװעגן; מיט מאַטערניש זאָלסטו זיך נערן פֿון איר אַלע טעג פֿון דײַן לעבן.
Zohar
When man sinned, the earth was cursed, and all these good things left it, as it is written, “cursed is the earth for thy sake” (Gen. 3, 17), and again, “when thou tillest the ground it shall not give its strength to thee” (Ibid. 4, 12), and again, “thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to thee” (Ibid. 3, 18).
Sha'arei Kedusha
It is likewise written,420Proverbs 10:22 – The root Etzev-עצב of this verse is explained to mean “suffering” or “burdensome toil” (see Rashi), however, the simple meaning of the root Etzev-עצב is “sadness” or “melancholy,” as in the verse (Isaiah 54:6), “For like a wife who is forlorn and melancholy (Atzoovah-עצובה), HaShem-יהו״ה has called you. Can one cast off the wife of his Youth? Said your God.” (See Radak to Isaiah 54:6 ibid.) “The blessing of HaShem-יהו״ה is what enriches, and sadness (Etzev-עצב) does not increase it.” For, sadness is drawn from the contamination of Sama’el421 This is the angelic name of Satan-the Accuser. and the snake, who infected Adam and Chavah with it, as it states about Adam,422Genesis 3:17 “With sadness (Eetzavon-עצבון) you shall eat of it all the days of your life,” and about Chava it states,423Genesis 3:16 “I will greatly increase your sadness (Eetzavon-עצבון)… with sadness (b’Etzev-בעצב) you shall bear children.”424As explained in the prior note, the root Etzev-עצב can mean “suffering” or “sadness.” In context to the subject being explained here, it means “sadness.”
Zohar Chadash
And Noah began to be a man of the ground (Genesis 9:20): Rabbi Yose said, “Why was he called a man of the ground? Since the ground was settled from [his offspring], meaning to say [he was] the master of the ground.” Our rabbis say, “’A man of the ground,’ since the ground arose to its [original] strength and nature on account of him, as it is stated, This one will provide us relief from our work and from the pain of our hands, coming from the ground which the Lord had cursed (Genesis 5:29). You should know that when Adam sinned, the ground was cursed, as it is stated, cursed be the ground because of you (Genesis 3:17). And it remained with its curses until Noah came and nullified the curse.”