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Genesis 3:15-17
New International Version
Genesis 3:15-17
New International Version
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a](A) and hers;(B)
he will crush[b] your head,(C)
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.(D)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.(E)”
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,’(F)
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- Genesis 3:15 Or seed
- Genesis 3:15 Or strike
Genesis 3:15-17
Good News Translation
Genesis 3:15-17
Good News Translation
15 (A)I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's[a] heel.”
16 And he said to the woman, “I will increase your trouble in pregnancy and your pain in giving birth. In spite of this, you will still have desire for your husband, yet you will be subject to him.”
17 (B)And he said to the man, “You listened to your wife and ate the fruit which I told you not to eat. Because of what you have done, the ground will be under a curse. You will have to work hard all your life to make it produce enough food for you.
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- Genesis 3:15 her offspring's; or their.
Genesis 3:15-17
New King James Version
Genesis 3:15-17
New King James Version
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between (A)your seed and (B)her Seed;
(C)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(D)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(E)Your desire shall be [a]for your husband,
And he shall (F)rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, (G)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (H)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
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- Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
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