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13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What did you do?”[a]

“The Shining One[b] misled me,” the woman answered, “so I ate.”

The Penalty of Sin

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

“Because you have done this,
    you are more cursed than all the livestock,
        and more than all the earth’s animals,[d]
You’ll crawl on your belly
    and eat dust
        as long as you live.
15 “I’ll place hostility between you and the woman,
    between your offspring and her offspring.
He’ll strike you on the head,
    and you’ll strike him on the heel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:13 Lit. What is this you did?
  2. Genesis 3:13 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
  3. 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
  4. Genesis 3:14 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock