Genesis 3:14-19

14 The LORD God said to the serpent, "¹Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And ²dust you will eat All the days of your life;

15 And I will put ³enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; ⁴He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."

16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will ⁵bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And ⁶he will rule over you."

17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; ⁷Cursed is the ground because of you; ⁸In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.

18 "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field;

19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you ⁹return to the ground, Because ¹⁰from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

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Genesis 3:14-19 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. Deuteronomy 28:15-20
2. Isaiah 65:25; Micah 7:17
3. Revelation 12:17
4. Romans 16:20
5. John 16:21; 1 Timothy 2:15
6. 1 Corinthians 14:34
7. Genesis 5:29; Romans 8:20-22; Hebrews 6:8
8. Job 5:7; Job 14:1; Ecclesiastes 2:23
9. Psalms 90:3; Psalms 104:29; Ecclesiastes 12:7
10. Genesis 2:7

Footnotes 4

[a]. Or "crush"
[b]. Lit "and your pregnancy, conception"
[c]. Or "sorrow"
[d]. Lit "plant"