Genesis 3:15-17

Common English Bible

¹⁵I will put contempt

    between you and the woman,
    between your offspring and hers.
They will strike your head,
        but you will strike at their heels.”

¹⁶To the woman he said,

“I will make your pregnancy very painful;
in pain you will bear children.
You will desire your husband,
but he will rule over you.”

¹⁷To the man he said, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and you ate from the tree that I commanded, ‘Don’t eat from it,’

cursed is the fertile land because of you;
in pain you will eat from it
every day of your life.

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Genesis 3:15-17

New International Version

¹⁵And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring^[a]^(A) and hers;^(B)
he will crush^[b] your head,^(C)
    and you will strike his heel.”

¹⁶To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.^(D)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.^(E)”

¹⁷To 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,’^(F)

“Cursed^(G) is the ground^(H) because of you;
through painful toil^(I) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.^(J)