Genesis 3:14

Yahweh God said to the serpent, 1 “Because you have done this, 1 cursed are you alone among all the livestock 1 and all the beasts of the field. 1 It is on your stomach that you will go, 1 and it is dust that you will eat 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

13Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent lied to me, and I ate.”

15I will put hostility between you and the woman, 1 and between your seed and her seed. 1 He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more shrewd than any other beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the garden'?”

Exodus 21:28If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox must surely be stoned, and its flesh must not be eaten; but the ox's owner must be acquitted of guilt.

Deuteronomy 28:15But if you do not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, so as to keep all his commandments and his statutes that I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come on you and overtake you.

Isaiah 29:4You will be brought down and will speak from the ground; your speech will be low from the dust. 1 Your voice will sound like a spirit that speaks from the ground, and out of the dust your speech will whisper. 1

Micah 7:17They will lick the dust like a snake, 1 like creatures that crawl on the earth. 1 They will come out of their dens with fear; 1 they will come with fear to you, Yahweh our God, 1 and they will be afraid because of you. 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 →

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