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Genesis 3:13

‘What have you done?’ God knew what she had done. But he wanted her to confess. And he wanted her to say that she was sorry. She did confess what she had done. She tried to blame the snake. She did not say that she was sorry.

v14 The *Lord God said to the snake,

‘Because you have done this,

I will separate you from all tame animals and from all wild animals.

You shall move on your stomach

and you shall eat dust for your whole life.

v15 I will make you and the woman enemies.

Your *descendants and her *descendants will be enemies.

One *descendant of the woman will hurt your head

and you will hurt his foot.’

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