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Genesis 3:14,15 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life: and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

1. Definition:
   
   
   1. Enmity - hatred :- hostility, antagonism, animosity.
      
      
2. Principle - judgment on lust of the eyes.
   
   
   1. Cursed instead of blessed.
      
      
   2. Eat dust - ashes - depression.
      
      
   3. Enmity between John and Paul.
      
      
      1. John will bruise Paul's heel - false restraint on Paul.
         
         
      2. Paul will bruise John's head - devalue John.
         

Genesis 3:16 - Unto the woman He said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow (a) and thy conception: in sorrow (b) thou shalt bring forth children and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he will rule over thee.

1. Definitions:
   
   
   1. Sorrow (a) - worrisome, ie. labor or pain.
      
      
   2. Sorrow (b) - an earthen vessel, usually painful toil, also a pang (body or mind) :- infirmity.
      
      
   3. Sorrow - root of a & b - to carve, ie. fabricate or fashion, hence to worry, pain or anger :- labor.
      
      
      1. Fashioned by sorrow - suffering.
         
         
   4. Desire - original sense of stretching out after; a longing - from the root word meaning to run after or over, ie. overflow.
      
      
   5. Rule - to rule :- have dominion over.
      
      
2. Principle - judgment on lust of the flesh.
   
   
   1. Great suffering in life - hated instead of loved - feed on pain = passion.
      
      
   2. Productive.
      
      
   3. Great suffering to produce fruit - work will produce pain - be source of suffering.
      
      
   4. Desire will rule life.
      
      
      1. Longing will dominate life.
         
         
      2. Must let love rule life.
         
         
      3. Focus longing on God - release love to people.
         

Genesis 3:17-19 - And unto Adam He said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, til thou return unto the ground: for out of it wert thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust thou wilt return.

1. Definitions:
   
   
   1. Cursed - to execrate :- bitterly curse.
      
      
   2. Sorrow - worrisome, ie. labor or pain :- toil, sorrow.
      
      
   3. Thorn - a pricking; a thorn.
      
      
   4. Thistle - a thorn :- thistle.
      
      
   5. Herb - to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot).
      
      
2. Principle - judgment on pride of life.
   
   
   1. Disobeyed God - listened to people.
      
      
   2. Cursed is work, work place, performance.
      
      
   3. Cursed with striving until die - sweat.
      
      
   4. Failure instead of a success.