Study it in the app“And YHWH Elohim said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you from among all the livestock and from among every animal of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life.”
AndוַYHWHיְהֹוָהElohimאֱלֹהִיםsaidיֹּאמֶרto the serpent,אֶל הַנָּחָשׁ“Becauseכִּיyou have doneעָשִׂיתָthis,זֹּאתcursedאָרוּרareyouאַתָּהfrom among allמִכָּלthe livestockהַבְּהֵמָהand from among everyוּמִכֹּלanimalחַיַּתof the field;הַשָּׂדֶהon your bellyעַל גְּחֹנְךָyou will go,תֵלֵךְand dustוְעָפָרyou will eatתֹּאכַלallכָּלthe daysיְמֵיof your life.חַיֶּיךָ
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehova” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsserpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asita” appearscurse
Curse: declare someone or something under punishment, deprived of blessing. It is the opposite of bless.
Where else “arur” appearslivestock
A four-legged animal, above all farm animals.
Where else “behema” appearsbeast
Literally "living thing": a creature, especially a wild one.
Where else “chayat” appearsfield
The open country: "the beasts of the field".
Where else “sade” appearsbelly
Belly of a creature that crawls.
Where else “gechon” appearsgo
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “telech” appearsdust
Dry, loose earth, fine as dust; God formed man from it.
Where else “afar” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appearstime
Literally "the days": a period, an age, or the span of someone's life.
Where else “yeme” appears13And YHWH Elohim said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 · This verse (above)
15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”
1. What it says
What did the serpent say to the woman, and what did she and the man do afterward (vv. 1-6)?
2. What it means
What changed between the man, the woman, and Elohim after they ate the fruit (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
When you fail, how can you come near to Elohim instead of hiding, as the man did (v. 8)?
