Genesis 3:15-17
1599 Geneva Bible
15 I will also put enmity between [a]thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall break thine [b]head, and thou shalt [c]bruise his heel.
16 ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy [d]sorrows, and thy conceptions. In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thy desire shall be subject to thine husband, and he shall (A)rule over thee.
17 ¶ Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it) [e]cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
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- Genesis 3:15 He chiefly meaneth Satan, by whose motion and craft the serpent deceived the woman.
- Genesis 3:15 That is, the power of sin and death.
- Genesis 3:15 Satan shall sting Christ and his members, but not overcome them.
- Genesis 3:16 The Lord comforteth Adam by the promise of the blessed seed, and also punisheth the body for the sin which the soul should have been punished for; that the spirit having conceived hope of forgiveness, might live by faith.
- Genesis 3:17 The transgression of God’s commandment was the cause that both mankind and all other creatures were subject to the curse.
Genesis 3:15-17
New King James Version
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between (A)your seed and (B)her Seed;
(C)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(D)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(E)Your desire shall be [a]for your husband,
And he shall (F)rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, (G)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (H)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
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- Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
Genesis 3:15-17
New International Version
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a](A) and hers;(B)
he will crush[b] your head,(C)
and you will strike his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.(D)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.(E)”
17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’(F)
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Or seed
- Genesis 3:15 Or strike
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