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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] |
Bible Question: In Gen.3:15, what does it mean when God said to the serpent, "...,he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." |
Bible Answer: Hello Quester, I support the other answers but would like to add more. My references are to the text of the King James Authorized Version. When a figure of speech is employed(like in Gen3:15) it is for the purpose of expressing the truth more impressively: and is intended to be a figure of something much more real than the letter of the word. The one used in verse Gen 3:15 is for the purpose of emphasising the truth and the reality of what is said. When it is said in verse 3:15,"thou shalt bruise His heel", it cannot mean His literal heel of flesh and blood, but suffering, more temporary in character. When it is said(verse 15),"He shall crush thy head", it means something more than a skull of bone, and brain, and hair. It means that all satan's plans and plots, policy and purposes, will one day be finally crushed and ended, never more to mar or to hinder the purposes of God. This will be effected when satan shall be bruised under our feet (Rom 16:20). This again, will not be our literal feet, but something much more real. The bruising of Christ's heel is the most eloquent and impressive way of foretelling the most solemn events; and to point out that the effort made by satan to evade his doom, then threatened, would become the very means of insuring its accomplishment; for it was through the death of Christ that he who had the power of death would be destroyed; and all satan's power and policy brought to an end, and all his works destroyed(Heb 2:14, 1John 3:8, Rev 20:1-3,10). Hope this helps further your understanding of the letter from the Father. Peace in Faith and Hope, Casiv |