3:8–21 THE TWOFOLD CURSE
Two Fold Curse Genesis 3:15 3:8–21 THE TWOFOLD CURSE Each curse was twofold. The serpent was directly cursed; it received a physical curse and the promise that it would ultimately be crushed by the seed of the woman ( 3:15 ). God promised that he would execute his rule through the seed of the woman and Christ came as a fulfillment of that promise. The victory of Christ was a direct crushing of Satan in fulfillment of this curse, for Satan was behind the serpent in Eden ( Rom. 16:20; Rev. 12:9; 20:2 ). The woman received the consequences of her actions, though they were not called a curse. The conflict between the man and the woman, foretold in the words and “master” in Genesis 3:16 , is seen in the same Hebrew words used in 4:7 . The strain that would occur between man and woman was in regard to the man’s ruling and supremacy over the woman. The world of man-woman relationships specifically and all relationships generally had fallen prey to the upside-down chaos ...