Genesis 3:14

Adonai God said to the serpent, 1 “Because you have done this, 2 you are cursed above all livestock, 2 and above every animal of the field. 1 You shall go on your belly 2 and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. 1

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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

13Adonai God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

15+ 3:15 a MP: Enmity between “Thy seed and her seed” Women have ovum, not seed as males, therefore this is a miraculous birth. (Luke 1:35 with John 12:31) I will put hostility between you and the woman, 2 and between your offspring and her offspring. 1 + 3:15 b MP: Messiah’s heels bruise the serpent’s head. The serpent retaliates, but is hurled down from power. (John 12:31-33; Heb 2:14-15; Rev 12:10, 20:1-3) He will bruise your head, 2 and you will bruise his heel.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Adonai God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”

Exodus 21:28+ 21:28. Ex 21:28 (Ex 21:28-29) (#6.383): T. To judge in penalties due to injuries or death caused by an animal attack / R. Not to benefit from an ox condemned to be stoned Consequence: The owner’s liability depends on the animal’s past behavior, whether this is the first offense or if there is a past history of offenses “If a bull gores a man or a woman to death, the bull shall surely be stoned, + 21:28. Ex 21:28 (Ex 21:28-32) (#6.384): T. Not to eat the flesh of an ox condemned to be stoned, due to goring a human / R. The Cohenim ·Priests· are to judge the damages incurred by a goring ox and its meat shall not be eaten; but the owner of the bull shall not be held responsible.

Deuteronomy 28:15But it shall come to pass, if you will not sh'ma ·hear obey· Adonai your God’s voice, to observe to do all his mitzvot ·instructions· and his statutes which I enjoin you today, that all these curses will come on you, and overtake you.

Isaiah 29:4You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust.

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 →

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