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Dust to Dust
Dust to Dust
Dust to Dust : Phrases
Meaning:
We come from dust; we return to dust.
Origin:
From the English Burial Service. Adapted from the Biblical text, Genesis 3:19 (King James Version):
"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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