15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a] and (A)her offspring;
(B)he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
    (C)in pain you shall bring forth children.
(D)Your desire shall be contrary to[b] your husband,
    but he shall (E)rule over you.”

17 And to Adam he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
    and have eaten of the tree
(F)of which I commanded you,
    ‘You shall not eat of it,’
(G)cursed is the ground because of you;
    (H)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
  2. Genesis 3:16 Or shall be toward (see 4:7)

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