Genesis 3:14-17

New American Standard Bible

¹⁴Then the Lord God said to the serpent,

“^(A)Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all the livestock,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And ^(B)dust you shall eat
All the days of your life;
¹⁵And I will ^[a]^(C)make enemies
Of you and the woman,
And of your ^[b]offspring and her ^[c]Descendant;
^(D)He shall ^[d]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”

¹⁶To the woman He said,

“I will greatly multiply
Your pain ^[e]in childbirth,
In pain you shall ^(E)deliver children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And ^(F)he shall rule over you.”

¹⁷Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

^(G)Cursed is the ground because of you;
^(H)With ^[f]hard labor you shall eat from it
All the days of your life.

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:15 Lit put enmity between you
Genesis 3:15 Lit seed
Genesis 3:15 Lit Seed; i.e., a prophetic reference to Christ
Genesis 3:15 Or crush
Genesis 3:16 Lit and your pregnancy
Genesis 3:17 Or hardship

Genesis 3:14-17

New International Version

¹⁴So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,

“Cursed^(A) are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust^(B)
    all the days of your life.
¹⁵And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring^[a]^(C) and hers;^(D)
he will crush^[b] your head,^(E)
    and you will strike his heel.”

¹⁶To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.^(F)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.^(G)”

¹⁷To 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,’^(H)

“Cursed^(I) is the ground^(J) because of you;
through painful toil^(K) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.^(L)