Holy Scripture

Genesis 3:14

A church father on this verse
“When the two of them had been questioned and found to be lacking in contrition or valid excuse, God descended to the serpent, not with a question, but with a punishment. For where there was a possibility of repentance He made use of questions, but with a creature that is alien to repentance He employed a sentence of j…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c.

Source: Septuagint

Original

14And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.

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In context

12And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.

13And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.

— Genesis 3:14 —

15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy seed and her seed, he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel.

16And to the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pains and thy groanings; in pain thou shalt bring forth children, and thy submission shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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