Genesis 3:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵    I will make you and your brood enemies
        of the woman and all her children;
    The woman’s child will stomp your head,
        and you will strike his heel.

¹⁶    (to the woman) As a consequence of your actions,
        I will increase your suffering—the pain of childbirth
    And the sorrow of bringing forth the next generation.
        You will desire your husband; but rather than a companion,
    He will be the dominant partner.

¹⁷    (to the man) Because you followed your wife’s advice
        instead of My command and ate of the tree
    From which I had forbidden you to eat, cursed is the ground.
        For the rest of your life,
    You will fight for every crumb of food
        from the crusty clump of clay I made you from.