Very common perspective! Take a look at Gen. 2:15 just preceding it. God gave Adam work before sin ever entered the world. And in v 19 God gave Adam the task of naming the animals. It suggests that work is a good and necessary part of what it means to be human—made in the image of God. Work only turned to drudgery after sin entered.
Is it not the case that work is a punishment for Original Sin in Genesis 3?
Very common perspective! Take a look at Gen. 2:15 just preceding it. God gave Adam work before sin ever entered the world. And in v 19 God gave Adam the task of naming the animals. It suggests that work is a good and necessary part of what it means to be human—made in the image of God. Work only turned to drudgery after sin entered.