The very first prophecy of the Bible takes note of him, for in Gen. 3:15 direct reference is made to the Serpent’s “Seed.” In Exodus a striking type of hint is furnished in Pharaoh: the defier of God; the one who cruelly treated His people; the one who by ordering the destruction of all the male children, sought to cut off Israel from being a nation; the one who made fair promises only to break them: the one who met with such a drastic end at the hands of the Lord. In the prophecy of Balaam, the
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