Genesis 3:13-15

Tree of Life Version

¹³Adonai Elohim said to the woman, “What did you do?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me and I ate.”

¹⁴Adonai Elohim said to the serpent, “Because you did this,

Cursed are you above all the livestock
    and above every animal of the field.
On your belly will you go,
    and dust will you eat
        all the days of your life.
¹⁵I will put animosity
    between you and the woman—
        between your seed and her seed.
    He will crush your head,
        and you will crush his heel.^[a]

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:15 cf. Rom. 16:20.

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.”