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Genesis 3:15Gen.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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Je mettrai inimitié entre toi et la femme, entre ta postérité et sa postérité: celle-ci t'écrasera la tête, et tu lui blesseras le talon.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III

    δὲ τῶν τέκνων, ᾧ ταῦτα τίκτειν λέγεται. „Καὶ ἔχθραν θήσω ἀνὰ μέσον σοῦ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον τῆς γυναικός“ (Gen. 3, 15). ὄντως ἐστὶν ἡδονὴ ἐχθρὸν αἰσθήσει, καίτοι δοκοῦν ἐνίοις μάλιστα εἶναι φίλον· ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ τὸν κόλακα οὐκ ἄν τις ἑταῖρον εἴποι — νόσος γὰρ φιλίας ἡ κολακεία — οὐδὲ τὴν ἑτ…
  • Philo Judaeus

    Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III

    κ τῆς ὑπ’ οὐρανόν“ (Exod. 17, 14). Τὸ δὲ "αὐτός σου τηρήσει κεφαλήν, καὶ σὺ τηρήσεις αὐτοῦ πτέρναν“ (Gen. 3, 15) τῇ μὲν φωνῇ βαρβαρισμός ἐστι, τῷ δὲ σημαινομένῳ κατόρθωμα· τῷ γὰρ ὄφει λέγεται περὶ τῆς γυναικός, ἡ δὲ γυνὴ „αὐτὸς“ οὐκ ἔστιν, ἀλλ’ „αὐτή“. τί οὖν λεκτέον; ἀπὸ τοῦ περ…
  • Philo Judaeus

    De Agricultura

    νθρώπου φονῶντα—λέγει γὰρ ἐν ταῖς ἀραῖς· „αὐτός σου τηρήσει κεφαλήν, καὶ σὺ τηρήσεις αὐτοῦ πτέρναν“ (Gen. 3,15)—, τὸν δὲ τοῦ Δάν, περὶ οὗ νῦν ἐστιν ὁ λόγος, ἵππου πτέρναν, ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἀνθρώπου δάκνοντα· ὁ μὲν γὰρ τῆς Εὔας ἡδονῆς ὢν σύμβολον, ὡς ἐδείχθη πρότερον, ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ καθ’ ἕκασ…

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