14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.(A)
15 I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.[a]
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.(B)

16 He said to the woman:

I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children with painful effort.(C)
Your desire(D) will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.

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  1. 3:15 Lit your seed and her seed

14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,

“Cursed(A) are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust(B)
    all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a](C) and hers;(D)
he will crush[b] your head,(E)
    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.(F)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.(G)

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  1. Genesis 3:15 Or seed
  2. Genesis 3:15 Or strike