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Genesis 3:13-19
GOD’S WORD Translation
Genesis 3:13-19
GOD’S WORD Translation
13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?”
“The snake deceived me, and I ate,” the woman answered.
14 So the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all the wild or domestic animals.
You will crawl on your belly.
You will be the lowest of animals as long as you live.
15 I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other.
I will make your descendants
and her descendant hostile toward each other.
He will crush your head,
and you will bruise his heel.”
16 He said to the woman,
“I will increase your pain and your labor
when you give birth to children.
Yet, you will long for your husband,
and he will rule you.”
17 Then he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree, although I commanded you, ‘You must never eat its fruit.’
The ground is cursed because of you.
Through hard work you will eat ⌞food that comes⌟ from it
every day of your life.
18 The ground will grow thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat wild plants.
19 By the sweat of your brow, you will produce food to eat
until you return to the ground,
because you were taken from it.
You are dust, and you will return to dust.”
Genesis 3:13-19
New International Version
Genesis 3:13-19
New International Version
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me,(A) and I ate.”
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed(B) are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust(C)
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a](D) and hers;(E)
he will crush[b] your head,(F)
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.(G)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.(H)”
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,’(I)
“Cursed(J) is the ground(K) because of you;
through painful toil(L) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(M)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(N) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(O)
19 By the sweat of your brow(P)
you will eat your food(Q)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(R)
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Or seed
- Genesis 3:15 Or strike
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