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Genesis 3:9-15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Genesis 3:9-15
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
9 But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he said, “I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” 11 He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The man said, “The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.” 14 The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all cattle,
and above all wild animals;
upon your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed;
he shall bruise your head,[a]
and you shall bruise his heel.”
Footnotes
- 3.15 he shall bruise your head: i.e., the seed of the woman, that is, mankind descended from Eve, will eventually gain the victory over the powers of evil. This victory will, of course, be gained through the work of the Messiah who is par excellence the seed of the woman. The Latin Vulgate has the reading ipsa conteret, “she shall bruise.” Some Old Latin manuscripts have this reading and it occurs also in St. Augustine, De Genesi contra Manichaeos, II, which is earlier than St. Jerome’s translation. It could be due originally to a copyist’s mistake, which was then seen to contain a genuine meaning—namely, that Mary, too, would have her share in the victory, inasmuch as she was mother of the Savior.
Genesis 3:9-15
New International Version
Genesis 3:9-15
New International Version
9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”(A)
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid(B) because I was naked;(C) so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked?(D) Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?(E)”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me(F)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me,(G) and I ate.”
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Or seed
- Genesis 3:15 Or strike
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