1. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (= τερεῖν ?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein …

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.

The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…

And the LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon you…

I will put enmity. I interpret this simply to mean that there would always be hostile strife between the human race and serpents, which is…

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman
Between whom there had been so much familiarity, not only while the…

God pa es sentence; He begins where the sin began, with the serpent. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Under the cover…