Genesis 3:13-17

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

14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, “Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring^[a] and hers; he will crush^[b] your head, 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. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

17 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:13-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 3

In this chapter an account is given of the temptation of our first parents, of the instrument of it, and of their fall into it, and of the effect of it, Ge 3:1-7 their summons upon it to appear before God, against whom they had sinned, Ge 3:8-10 their examination by him, and the excuses they made, Ge 3:11-13 the various sentences passed of the serpent, the woman, and the man, Ge 3:14-19 some incidental things recorded, expressive of faith and hope in man, and of favour to him, Ge 3:20,21 and his expulsion from the garden of Eden, Ge 3:22-24.

Cross References

• 1. Romans 7:11; 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:14
• 2. Deuteronomy 28:15-20
• 3. Psalms 72:9; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 65:25; Micah 7:17
• 4. John 8:44; Acts 13:10; 1 John 3:8
• 5. Genesis 16:11; Judges 13:5; Isaiah 7:14; Isaiah 8:3; Isaiah 9:6; Matthew 1:23; Luke 1:31; Galatians 4:4; Revelation 12:17
• 6. Romans 16:20; Hebrews 2:14
• 7. Psalms 48:5-6; Isaiah 13:8; Isaiah 21:3; Isaiah 26:17; Jeremiah 4:31; Jeremiah 6:24; Micah 4:9; 1 Timothy 2:15
• 8. 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22
• 9. S Genesis 2:17
• 10. Genesis 5:29; Numbers 35:33; Psalms 106:39; Isaiah 24:5; Jeremiah 3:1; Romans 8:20-22
• 11. Genesis 6:13; Genesis 8:21; Isaiah 54:9
• 12. Genesis 29:32; Genesis 31:42; Exodus 3:7; Psalms 66:11; Psalms 127:2; Ecclesiastes 1:13
• 13. Genesis 47:9; Job 5:7; Job 7:1; Job 14:1; Ecclesiastes 2:23; Jeremiah 20:18

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "seed"
• [b]. Or "strike"