greatly multiply. Hebrew "multiplying. will multiply". Figure of speech Polyptoton. Emph. Preserved in word "greatly". Compare Genesis 3:4, and see note on Genesis 26:28.
in sorrow. Compare 1 Timothy 2:14; 1 Timothy 2:15.
children. Hebrew. sons; but daughters included by context.
to. subject to. Childbearing was not brought into this for eating an apple.