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Genesis 3:14 KJV
Genesis · chapter 3 · verse 14
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:Genesis 3:14 · King James Version
Genesis 3:14 in context
12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Key words (Strong's)
- serpentnâchâsha snakeH5175 →
- cursedʼârarto execrateH779 →
- cattlebᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- beastchayaliveH2416 →
- fieldsâdeha fieldH7704 →
- bellygâchôwnthe external abdomen, bellyH1512 →
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The prisoners being found guilty by their own confession, besides the personal and infallible knowledge of the Judge, and nothing material being offered in arrest of judgment, God immediately proceeds to pass sentence; and, in these verses, he begins (where the sin began) with the serpent.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-15