Genesis 3:16 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 3:16

14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:
“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And ^ayou shall eat dust
All the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between ^ayour seed and ^bher Seed;
^cHe shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

16 To the woman He said:
“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
^aIn pain you shall bring forth children;
^bYour desire shall be¹ for your husband,
And he shall ^crule over you.”

17 Then to Adam He said, ^a“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree ^bof which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
^c“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
^dIn toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.

18 Both thorns and thistles it shall¹ bring forth for you,
And ^ayou shall eat the herb of the field.

19 ^aIn the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
^bFor dust you are,
And ^cto dust you shall return.”

20 And Adam called his wife’s name ^aEve, because she was the mother of all living.

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Definitions of words in Genesis 3:16:

Bring {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Desire {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Forth {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

He {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Pain {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sorrow {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Woman {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Woman {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Other definition entries containing Genesis 3:16:

Fall, The {I.S.B.E.}
Imputation {I.S.B.E.}

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