Question

xIn Genesis 3:16-24, God pronounced a six-fold curse on the serpent and on mankind. In a paragraph, explain your own words the six parts of the curse. Use complete sentences.

Answer 1

When Adam and Eve succumbed to the serpent’s temptation, they were separated from God and lost harmony with creation, because they had willfully disobeyed God. As punishment, God pronounced a curse on Adam and Eve and the serpent. The curse had six parts.

Step-by-step explanation:

First, in Genesis 3:14, God cursed the serpent so it lost its legs and had to crawl on the ground and eat dust for eternity. Secondly, in Genesis 3:16, he cursed the woman so she would have pain in childbirth and she will wish for her husband, he will have leadership or influence over her.

Fourth, since Adam listened to his wife instead of God in Genesis 3:17 the ground was cursed because of him. It no longer yielded fruit easily but instead, thorns and thistles, and humans had to work hard to produce food from it. Even today when farmers grow crops or plant flowers, we still see weeds among the good seeds.

Finally, in Genesis 3:19, 23, and 24, the fifth and sixth parts of the curse stated, all humans will die and turn to dust on the ground, and Adam and Eve were exiled from the Garden of Eden.

Because of Adam and Eve’s sin, humanity and God’s creation suffered greatly by losing the glory they once possessed.

Answer 2

There was a man and a woman. God told them not to eat the fruit on the tree. A snake came and told the woman to go and eat the fruit. She did then gave some to the man. And then god was mad at them.