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Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
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A Curse on Two Levels
Commentators agree that this curse operates on two levels. Literally, it applies to the physical serpent, whose crawling form becomes a living symbol of disgrace. Spiritually, and more importantly, it applies to Satan. His sentence to 'go on your belly' and 'eat dust' signifies his ultimate degradation, humiliation, and perpetual defeat.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (= τερεῖν ?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein …
19th Century
Anglican
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Baptist
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon…
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16th Century
Protestant
And the Lord God said unto the serpent. He does not interrogate the serpent as he had done with the man and the woman, because in the anim…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord God said to the serpent And to the devil in it; for what follows may be applied to both; literally to t…
God passes sentence; He begins where the sin began, with the serpent. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Under the cove…
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