Genesis 3:13-15

EasyEnglish Bible

¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, ‘Why have you done a thing like that?’ The woman replied, ‘It was the snake. The snake deceived me with a lie. So I ate the fruit.’

¹⁴The Lord God said to the snake,

‘Because you have done this, I will curse you.^[a]
Among all the farm animals and wild animals,
you are the one that I will curse.
From now on, you will move across the ground on your stomach.
You will eat dust from the ground.
You will do this for your whole life.
¹⁵I will cause you and the woman to become enemies.
Your descendants and her descendants will always be enemies.
One of her descendants will attack your head.^[b]
You will attack his heel.’^[c]

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Footnotes

3:14 When God cursed the snake, it means that he punished the snake. Because he is God, what he says will certainly happen.
3:15 God is speaking of a human descendant who would destroy the power of the snake. When God sent Jesus into the world, a woman gave birth to him. By his death on the cross, Jesus destroyed Satan's power.
3:15 ‘heel’ is a part of the foot. It is at the back of the foot.

Genesis 3:13-15

New International Version

¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me,^(A) and I ate.”

¹⁴So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,

“Cursed^(B) are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust^(C)
    all the days of your life.
¹⁵And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring^[a]^(D) and hers;^(E)
he will crush^[b] your head,^(F)
    and you will strike his heel.”