Focused Passage

Genesis 3:14-19

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

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14So 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.

15And 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.”

16To 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.”

17And 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.

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

19By 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 LORDיְהֹוָ֨הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularGodאֱלֹהִ֥ים׀H430Noun - masculine pluralsaidוַיֹּאמֶר֩H559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singulartoאֶֽל־H413Prepositionthe serpentהַנָּחָשׁ֮H5175Article | Noun - masculine singularBecauseכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionyou have doneעָשִׂ֣יתָH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularthisזֹּאת֒H2063Pronoun - feminine singularcursedאָר֤וּרH779Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularare youאַתָּה֙H859Pronoun - second person masculine singularabove allמִכָּל־H3605Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructlivestockהַבְּהֵמָ֔הH929Article | Noun - feminine singularand everyוּמִכֹּ֖לH3605Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular constructbeastחַיַּ֣תH2416Noun - feminine singular constructof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הH7704Article | Noun - masculine singularOnעַל־H5921Prepositionyour bellyגְּחֹנְךָ֣H1512Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular{will} you goתֵלֵ֔ךְH1980Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularand dustוְעָפָ֥רH6083Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularyou {will} eatתֹּאכַ֖לH398Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe daysיְמֵ֥יH3117Noun - masculine plural constructof your lifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃H2416Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 15

Original words

Andבֵּֽינְךָ֙H996Preposition | second person masculine singularI will putאָשִׁ֗יתH7896Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singularenmityוְאֵיבָ֣ה׀H342Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singularbetween [you]וּבֵ֣יןH996Conjunctive waw | Prepositionand the womanהָֽאִשָּׁ֔הH802Article | Noun - feminine singularand betweenוּבֵ֥יןH996Conjunctive waw | Prepositionyour seedזַרְעֲךָ֖H2233Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular. . .וּבֵ֣יןH996Conjunctive waw | Prepositionand her seedזַרְעָ֑הּH2233Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularHeה֚וּאH1931Pronoun - third person masculine singular{will} crushיְשׁוּפְךָ֣H7779Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singularyour headרֹ֔אשׁH7218Noun - masculine singularand youוְאַתָּ֖הH859Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular{will} strikeתְּשׁוּפֶ֥נּוּH7779Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singularhis heelעָקֵֽב׃סH6119Noun - 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

Toאֶֽל־H413Prepositionthe womanהָאִשָּׁ֣הH802Article | Noun - feminine singularHe saidאָמַ֗רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularI will sharply increaseהַרְבָּ֤הH7235Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute. . .אַרְבֶּה֙H7235Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singularyour painעִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְH6093Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singularin childbirthוְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְH2032Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singularin painבְּעֶ֖צֶבH6089Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularyou will bring forthתֵּֽלְדִ֣יH3205Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singularchildrenבָנִ֑יםH1121Noun - masculine pluralYour desireתְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְH8669Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular[will be] forוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositionyour husbandאִישֵׁךְ֙H376Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singularand heוְה֖וּאH1931Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singularwill ruleיִמְשָׁל־H4910Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularover youבָּֽךְ׃סPreposition | second person feminine singular

BSB notes

  • Or You will desire to control your husband
Verse 17

Original words

And to Adamוּלְאָדָ֣םH121Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularHe saidאָמַ֗רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularBecauseכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionyou have listenedשָׁמַעְתָּ֮H8085Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singularto the voiceלְק֣וֹלH6963Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular constructofמִן־H4480Prepositionyour wifeאִשְׁתֶּךָ֒H802Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularand have eatenוַתֹּ֙אכַל֙H398Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singularfrom the treeהָעֵ֔ץH6086Article | Noun - masculine singularof whichאֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relativeI commandedצִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙H6680Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular. . .לֵאמֹ֔רH559Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructyou notלֹ֥אH3808Adverb - Negative particleto eatתֹאכַ֖לH398Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular-מִמֶּ֑נּוּH4480Preposition | third person masculine singularcursedאֲרוּרָ֤הH779Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular[is] the groundהָֽאֲדָמָה֙H127Article | Noun - feminine singularbecause of youבַּֽעֲבוּרֶ֔ךָH5668Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularthrough toilבְּעִצָּבוֹן֙H6093Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularyou will eat [of] itתֹּֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּהH398Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person feminine singularallכֹּ֖לH3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe daysיְמֵ֥יH3117Noun - masculine plural constructof your lifeחַיֶּֽיךָ׃H2416Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Verse 18

Original words

Both thornsוְק֥וֹץH6975Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularand thistlesוְדַרְדַּ֖רH1863Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularit {will} yieldתַּצְמִ֣יחַֽH6779Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person feminine singularfor youלָ֑ךְPreposition | second person feminine singularand you {will} eatוְאָכַלְתָּ֖H398Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe plantsעֵ֥שֶׂבH6212Noun - masculine singular constructof the fieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃H7704Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 19

Original words

By the sweatבְּזֵעַ֤תH2188Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructof your browאַפֶּ֙יךָ֙H639Noun - masculine dual construct | second person masculine singularyou will eatתֹּ֣אכַלH398Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular[your] breadלֶ֔חֶםH3899Noun - masculine singularuntilעַ֤דH5704Prepositionyou returnשֽׁוּבְךָ֙H7725Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singulartoאֶל־H413Prepositionthe groundהָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הH127Article | Noun - feminine singularbecauseכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctionout of itמִמֶּ֖נָּהH4480Preposition | third person feminine singularwere you takenלֻקָּ֑חְתָּH3947Verb - QalPass - Perfect - second person masculine singularForכִּֽי־H3588Conjunctiondustעָפָ֣רH6083Noun - masculine singularyou [are]אַ֔תָּהH859Pronoun - second person masculine singularand toוְאֶל־H413Conjunctive waw | Prepositiondustעָפָ֖רH6083Noun - masculine singularyou {shall} returnתָּשֽׁוּב׃H7725Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

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