Genesis 3:16

16 To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; 1in pain you shall bring forth children. 2Your desire shall be for[a] your husband, and he shall 3rule over you."

Genesis 3:16 In-Context

14 The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."
16 To the woman he said, "I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."
17 And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

Cross References 3

  • 1. [John 16:21]
  • 2. Genesis 4:7; Song of Songs 7:10
  • 3. 1 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Corinthians 14:34; Ephesians 5:22-24; Colossians 3:18; 1 Timothy 2:11, 12; Titus 2:5; 1 Pet. 3:1, 5, 6

Footnotes 1

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