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14 So the Lord God said to the snake: “Because of what you have done, you will be the only animal to suffer this curse— For as long as you live, you will crawl on your stomach and eat dirt.

15 You and this woman will hate each other; your descendants and hers will always be enemies. One of hers will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”

Passage themes

The divine sentence — thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field
Crawling and eating dust — upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat
War declared — I will put enmity between thee and the woman
The devil's children — between thy seed
The promised son — and her seed
Victory over Satan — it shall bruise thy head
The wounded Messiah — thou shalt bruise his heel

Notes and references

3.15 Rev 12.17.

Events in this chapter

3.1 — Chute
3.7 — Conséquences chute

Did you know?

Le prix du pardon La Genèse rapporte le premier sacrifice de la Bible : Dieu lui-même habille Adam et Ève de vêtements de peau (Genèse 3:21). Pour couvrir leur honte, un animal a dû mourir. Dès le début, le pardon a un prix, et c'est Dieu qui le paie.

About this book

Author: Moïse · Written: XVe – XIIIe siècle av. J.-C. · Reading time: ≈ 3h30 · Characters: Adam, Ève, Noé, Abraham (Abram), Sara (Saraï), Isaac, Jacob (Israël), Joseph

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