Genesis 3:14

And Hashem Elohim said unto the Nachash, 1 Because thou hast done this, 1 thou art arur (cursed) above kol habehemah, 1 and above every beast of the sadeh; 1 upon thy gakhon (belly) shalt thou go, 1 and aphar shalt thou eat 1 all the days of thy life; 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

In Context

13And Hashem Elohim said unto the isha, What is this that thou hast done? And the isha said, The Nachash beguiled me, and I did eat.

15And I will put eivah + 3:15 enmity, Midrash Rabbah 23:5 between thee and HaIsha, + 3:15 See HaAlmah, Isa 7:14 1 and between thy zera and her Zera; 1 He shall crush thy rosh, 1 and thou shalt strike His akev (heel).

Read all of Genesis 3

Cross References

Genesis 3:1Now the Nachash was more arum (cunning, crafty, wiley) than any beast of the sadeh which Hashem Elohim had made. And he said unto the isha, Really? Hath Elohim said, Ye shall not eat of kol etz hagan?

Exodus 21:28If an ox gore an ish or an isha, that they die; then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his basar shall not be eaten; but the ba'al hashor (owner of the ox) shall be exempt from punishment.

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not give heed unto the voice of Hashem Eloheicha, to be shomer to do all His mitzvot and His chukkot which I command thee today, that all these kelalot (curses) shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:

Isaiah 29:4And thou shalt be brought low, and shalt speak me'eretz (out of the ground), 1 and thy speech shall whisper out of the aphar, 1 and thy voice shall be, like an ov (mediumʼs that has a familiar spirit), out of the ground, 1 and thy speech shall whisper out of the aphar. 1

Micah 7:17They shall lick the aphar (dust) like the nachash, 1 like crawlers that crawl on eretz (ground) 1 they will come trembling out of their dens; 1 they shall be afraid of Hashem Eloheinu, 1 and shall turn in fear because of Thee. 1

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:12-14

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. We have here the offenders found guilty by their own confession, and yet endeavouring to excuse and extenuate their fault. They could not confess… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Genesis 3:14