Genesis 3:14-16

International Standard Version

The Penalty of Sin

¹⁴The Lord God told the Shining One,^[a]

“Because you have done this,
    you are more cursed than all the livestock,
        and more than all the earth’s animals,^[b]
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.”

¹⁶He told the woman,

“I’ll greatly increase the pain of your labor during childbirth.
It will be painful for you to bear children,
“since your trust is turning^[c] toward your husband,
and he will dominate you.”

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Footnotes

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
Genesis 3:14 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
Genesis 3:16 Or Your desire is

Genesis 3:14-16

New International Version

¹⁴So 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.
¹⁵And 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.”

¹⁶To 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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