Genesis 3:14-15

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.”

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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 3:14-15

Amplified Bible

¹⁴The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all the cattle,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And dust you shall eat
All the days of your life.
¹⁵
“And I will put enmity (open hostility)
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed (offspring) and her ^[a]Seed;
He shall [fatally] bruise your head,
And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”^(A)

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:15 Many consider this verse the protevangelium, the first announcement of the gospel. This is the first prophecy about the Messiah (Christ), who through His death on the cross and resurrection would ultimately defeat Satan, the power behind the serpent, with a death blow. See Is 9:6; Matt 1:23; Luke 1:31; Rom 16:20; Gal 4:4; Rev 12:17.

Genesis 3:14-15

King James Version

¹⁴And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

¹⁵And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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