Genesis 3:14-19
English Standard Version
14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and (A)dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a] and (B)her offspring;
(C)he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
(D)in pain you shall bring forth children.
(E)Your desire shall be contrary to[b] your husband,
but he shall (F)rule over you.”
17 And to Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
and have eaten of the tree
(G)of which I commanded you,
‘You shall not eat of it,’
(H)cursed is the ground because of you;
(I)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your face
you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken;
(J)for you are dust,
and (K)to dust you shall return.”
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
- Genesis 3:16 Or shall be toward (see 4:7)
Genesis 3:14-19
New American Standard Bible
14 Then 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;
15 And 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.”
16 To 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.”
17 Then 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.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
Yet you shall eat the [g]plants of the field;
19 By the sweat of your face
You shall eat bread,
Until you (I)return to the ground,
Because (J)from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
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 3:18 Lit plant
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