Genesis 3:14-15

14 The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and ¹dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring^[a] and ²her offspring; ³he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. ”

Genesis 3:14-15 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. 3:14 Isa. 65:25; Mic. 7:17
• 2. 3:15 Isa. 7:14; Mic. 5:3; Matt. 1:23, 25; Luke 1:34, 35; Gal. 4:4; 1 Tim. 2:15
• 3. 3:15 Rom. 16:20; Heb. 2:14; Rev. 20:1-3, 10

Footnotes

• [a] 3:15 Hebrew 'seed'; so throughout Genesis