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The Penalty of Sin

14 The Lord God told the Shining One,[a]

“Because you have done this,
    you are more cursed than all the livestock,
        and more than all the earth’s animals,[b]
You’ll crawl on your belly
    and eat dust
        as long as you live.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:14 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
  2. Genesis 3:14 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock