Focused Passage

Genesis 3:14-19

Humanity Rebels Against God, Falls Under Curse, and Receives the First Hope of Redemption

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14 So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.

15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

16 To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

17 And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

18 Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

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Verse 14

Original words

So the LORD יְהֹוָ֨ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular God אֱלֹהִ֥ים׀ H430 Noun - masculine plural said וַיֹּאמֶר֩ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶֽל־ H413 Preposition the serpent הַנָּחָשׁ֮ H5175 Article | Noun - masculine singular Because כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction you have done עָשִׂ֣יתָ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular this זֹּאת֒ H2063 Pronoun - feminine singular cursed אָר֤וּר H779 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular are you אַתָּה֙ H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular above all מִכָּל־ H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct livestock הַבְּהֵמָ֔ה H929 Article | Noun - feminine singular and every וּמִכֹּ֖ל H3605 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct beast חַיַּ֣ת H2416 Noun - feminine singular construct of the field הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה H7704 Article | Noun - masculine singular On עַל־ H5921 Preposition your belly גְּחֹנְךָ֣ H1512 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular {will} you go תֵלֵ֔ךְ H1980 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular and dust וְעָפָ֥ר H6083 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular you {will} eat תֹּאכַ֖ל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the days יְמֵ֥י H3117 Noun - masculine plural construct of your life חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ H2416 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 15

Original words

And בֵּֽינְךָ֙ H996 Preposition | second person masculine singular I will put אָשִׁ֗ית H7896 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular enmity וְאֵיבָ֣ה׀ H342 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular between [you] וּבֵ֣ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and the woman הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה H802 Article | Noun - feminine singular and between וּבֵ֥ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition your seed זַרְעֲךָ֖ H2233 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular . . . וּבֵ֣ין H996 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and her seed זַרְעָ֑הּ H2233 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular He ה֚וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular {will} crush יְשׁוּפְךָ֣ H7779 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular your head רֹ֔אשׁ H7218 Noun - masculine singular and you וְאַתָּ֖ה H859 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular {will} strike תְּשׁוּפֶ֥נּוּ H7779 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular his heel עָקֵֽב׃ס H6119 Noun - masculine singular

BSB notes

  • Or He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel. The same Hebrew root for crush, bruise, or strike appears twice in this verse.
Verse 16

Original words

To אֶֽל־ H413 Preposition the woman הָאִשָּׁ֣ה H802 Article | Noun - feminine singular He said אָמַ֗ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular I will sharply increase הַרְבָּ֤ה H7235 Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute . . . אַרְבֶּה֙ H7235 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular your pain עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ H6093 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular in childbirth וְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְ H2032 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular in pain בְּעֶ֖צֶב H6089 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular you will bring forth תֵּֽלְדִ֣י H3205 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular children בָנִ֑ים H1121 Noun - masculine plural Your desire תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ H8669 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular [will be] for וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition your husband אִישֵׁךְ֙ H376 Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular and he וְה֖וּא H1931 Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular will rule יִמְשָׁל־ H4910 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular over you בָּֽךְ׃ס Preposition | second person feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Or You will desire to control your husband
Verse 17

Original words

And to Adam וּלְאָדָ֣ם H121 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular He said אָמַ֗ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Because כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction you have listened שָׁמַעְתָּ֮ H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular to the voice לְק֣וֹל H6963 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of מִן־ H4480 Preposition your wife אִשְׁתֶּךָ֒ H802 Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular and have eaten וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙ H398 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular from the tree הָעֵ֔ץ H6086 Article | Noun - masculine singular of which אֲשֶׁ֤ר H834 Pronoun - relative I commanded צִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ H6680 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular . . . לֵאמֹ֔ר H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct you not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to eat תֹאכַ֖ל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular - מִמֶּ֑נּוּ H4480 Preposition | third person masculine singular cursed אֲרוּרָ֤ה H779 Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular [is] the ground הָֽאֲדָמָה֙ H127 Article | Noun - feminine singular because of you בַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָ H5668 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular through toil בְּעִצָּבוֹן֙ H6093 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular you will eat [of] it תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singular all כֹּ֖ל H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the days יְמֵ֥י H3117 Noun - masculine plural construct of your life חַיֶּֽיךָ׃ H2416 Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 18

Original words

Both thorns וְק֥וֹץ H6975 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and thistles וְדַרְדַּ֖ר H1863 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular it {will} yield תַּצְמִ֣יחַֽ H6779 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singular for you לָ֑ךְ Preposition | second person feminine singular and you {will} eat וְאָכַלְתָּ֖ H398 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the plants עֵ֥שֶׂב H6212 Noun - masculine singular construct of the field הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ H7704 Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 19

Original words

By the sweat בְּזֵעַ֤ת H2188 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct of your brow אַפֶּ֙יךָ֙ H639 Noun - masculine dual construct | second person masculine singular you will eat תֹּ֣אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular [your] bread לֶ֔חֶם H3899 Noun - masculine singular until עַ֤ד H5704 Preposition you return שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ H7725 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the ground הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה H127 Article | Noun - feminine singular because כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction out of it מִמֶּ֖נָּה H4480 Preposition | third person feminine singular were you taken לֻקָּ֑חְתָּ H3947 Verb - QalPass - Perfect - second person masculine singular For כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction dust עָפָ֣ר H6083 Noun - masculine singular you [are] אַ֔תָּה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular and to וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition dust עָפָ֖ר H6083 Noun - masculine singular you {shall} return תָּשֽׁוּב׃ H7725 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

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