Genesis 3:14–19

¹⁴The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,

cursed are you among all animals

and among all wild creatures;

upon your belly you shall go,

and dust you shall eat

all the days of your life.^*

¹⁵I will put enmity between you and the woman

and between your offspring and hers;

he will strike your head,

and you will strike his heel.”^*

¹⁶To the woman he said,

“I will make your pangs in childbirth exceedingly great;

in pain you shall bring forth children,

yet your desire shall be for your husband,

and he shall rule over you.”^*

¹⁷And to the man^l he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

and have eaten of the tree

about which I commanded you,

‘You shall not eat of it,’

cursed is the ground because of you;

in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;^*

¹⁸thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;

and you shall eat the plants of the field.^*

¹⁹By the sweat of your face

you shall eat bread

until you return to the ground,

for out of it you were taken;

you are dust,

and to dust you shall return.”^*