Where does this famous quote come from?

Question:" And they will Labor by the sweat of their browe"?

Answers:
After Adam ate the apple from the tree, God said to him:

"By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return."

Genesis 3:19, New International Version
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In Genesis 3:19, the King James Authorised Bible says:

"In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. "

This is probably the original source of your words.
Gen 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou [art], and unto dust shalt thou return.
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