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NASB | Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:15 "And I will put enmity (open hostility) Between you and the woman, And between your seed (offspring) and her Seed; He shall [fatally] bruise your head, And you shall [only] bruise His heel." [Gal 4:4] |
Subject: What is God saying in this verse? |
Bible Note: Hi JCrichton, Thank you for your thoughts here and your connection between Revelation 12:17 and Genesis 3:15. I also find these to be good passages for comparison/contrast. But I come to a different conclusion. The first part of Genesis 3:15 I would compare with Revelation 12:13. Genesis 3:15, "**And **I will put enmity Between you and the woman,..." Revelation 12:13, "And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male **Child." In Revelation 12:9-12 we see that the devil had been thrown down to the earth, along with his angels, and that he realized that he had a very short time. He was deceiving the whole inhabited earth. Now in Revelation 12:13, I see the dragon, Satan, "persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male **Child." Depending on how you understand Revelation, one can see this as the persecution of Eve or of Mary; depending on one's understanding and application. But the bottom line is indeed found in verse 11 where it says, "And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb..." Revelation 12:13 talks about the birth of the male Child and then I see that the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her offspring, verse 17. Verse seventeen I would compare with the enmity between the devil and her seed, her offspring, her descendents. Genesis 3:15b. So I see these passages as not a perfect match but good passages for contrast and application. From the heart, Ray |