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Seed of the woman or offspring of the woman (Biblical Hebrew: זַרְעָ֑הּ, romanized: zar‘āh, lit. 'her seed') is a phrase from the Book of Genesis: as a result of the serpent's temptation of Eve, which resulted in the fall of man, God announces (in Genesis 3:15) that he will put an enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman.
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel. — The Bible Genesis 3:14-15 The doctrine is frequently used to demonize Jews and people who are members of non-white races and justify their mistreatment, abuse, enslavement or elimination by labeling ...
The forefathers of the early church looked to Paul's Letter to the Galatians 4:4-5: "But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, to ransom those under the law, so that we might receive adoption", and related this to the woman spoken of in the Protoevangelium of Genesis 3:15: "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your ...
Indeed, Genesis 3:15 ("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"), known as the protevangelium, is interpreted as a gracious declaration of the Covenant of Grace, in which God effects reconciliation with humanity and vanquishes the devil through ...
Sheen sees an echo of the Protevangelium of Genesis 3:15 "I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers", [h] marking the commencement of Jesus' redemptive ministry. [5] Jesus will again address her as "Woman" in John 19:26, [i] when he entrusts his mother to his disciple John, "Woman, behold, your son." [3]
From this wealth of support the pope's advisors singled out Genesis 3:15: "The most glorious Virgin ... was foretold by God when he said to the serpent: 'I will put enmity between you and the woman, ' " [43] a prophecy which reached fulfilment in the figure of the Woman in the Revelation of John, crowned with stars and trampling the Dragon ...
The man replied that the woman whom God put at his side gave him the fruit, and he ate. [42] When God asked the woman what she had done, she replied that the serpent duped her, and she ate. [43] God cursed the serpent to crawl on its belly, to eat dirt, and to live in enmity with the woman and her offspring. [44] A closed portion ends here. [45]
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will strike your head, and you will strike his heel. — Genesis 3:15 Many scholars connect Jesus' usage of the word "woman" to call Mary instead of calling her "mother" as a confirmation of Mary being the "woman" described in Genesis 3:15.