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Genesis 3:15-17
EasyEnglish Bible
Genesis 3:15-17
EasyEnglish Bible
15 I will cause you and the woman to become enemies.
Your descendants and her descendants will always be enemies.
One of her descendants will attack your head.[a]
You will attack his heel.’[b]
16 God said to the woman, ‘I will cause you to have great pain when you give birth to children. You will want to please your husband. But he will rule over you as your master.’
17 Then God said to Adam,[c] ‘You listened to your wife and you did what she said. You ate fruit from the tree after I told you, “You must not eat fruit from this tree.” Because you did that, I will curse the ground. You will have to work very hard to make plants grow in it for your food. It will be like this for your whole life.
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- 3:15 God is speaking of a human descendant who would destroy the power of the snake. When God sent Jesus into the world, a woman gave birth to him. By his death on the cross, Jesus destroyed Satan's power.
- 3:15 ‘heel’ is a part of the foot. It is at the back of the foot.
- 3:17 Adam is the name of the man. In the Hebrew language, Adam means ‘man’.
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)
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Or seed
- Genesis 3:15 Or strike
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