SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:15
y enemistad pondré entre ti y la mujer, y entre tu simiente y su simiente; ella te herirá la cabeza, y tú le herirás el calcañar.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:15
Verse 15. I will put enmity between thee and the woman] This has been generally supposed to apply to a certain enmity subsisting between men and serpents; but this is rather a fancy than a reality. It is yet to be discovered that the serpentine race have any peculiar enmity against mankind, nor is there any proof that men hate serpents more than they do other noxious animals. Men have much more enmity to the common rat and magpie than they have to all the serpents in the land, because the former destroy the grain, &c., and serpents in general, far from seeking to do men mischief, flee his approach, and generally avoid his dwelling. If, however, we take the word nachash to mean any of the simia or ape species, we find a more consistent meaning, as there is scarcely an animal in the universe so detested by most women as these are; and indeed men look on them as continual caricatures of themselves. But we are not to look for merely literal meanings here: it is evident that Satan, who actuated this creature, is alone intended in this part of the prophetic declaration. God in his endless mercy has put enmity between men and him; so that, though all mankind love his service, yet all invariably hate himself. Were it otherwise, who could be saved? A great point gained towards the conversion of a sinner is to convince him that it is Satan he has been serving, that it is to him he has been giving up his soul, body, goods, &c.; he starts with horror when this conviction fastens on his mind, and shudders at the thought of being in league with the old murderer. But there is a deeper meaning in the text than even this, especially in these words, it shall bruise thy head, or rather, awh hu, HE; who? the seed of the woman; the person is to come by the woman, and by her alone, without the concurrence of man. Therefore the address is not to Adam and Eve, but to Eve alone; and it was in consequence of this purpose of God that Jesus Christ was born of a virgin; this, and this alone, is what is implied in the promise of the seed of the woman bruising the head of the serpent. Jesus Christ died to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself, and to destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil. Thus he bruises his head -destroys his power and lordship over mankind, turning them from the power of Satan unto God; Acts xxvi. 18. And Satan bruises his heel - God so ordered it, that the salvation of man could only be brought about by the death of Christ; and even the spiritual seed of our blessed Lord have the heel often bruised, as they suffer persecution, temptation, &c., which may be all that is intended by this part of the prophecy.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 14, 15 - God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced to be degrade and accursed of God; detested and abhorred of all mankind: also to be destroyed and ruined at last by the great Redeemer, signified by the breaking of his head. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woma and the seed of the serpent. It is the fruit of this enmity, that ther is a continual warfare between grace and corruption, in the hearts of God's people. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them and seeks to devour them. Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, no light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. Also there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in thi world. A gracious promise is here made of Christ, as the Deliverer of fallen man from the power of Satan. Here was the drawn of the gospe day: no sooner was the wound given, than the remedy was provided an revealed. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, an unlooked for. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. By faith in this promise, our first parents, and the patriarchs before the flood, were justified and saved. Notice is give concerning Christ. 1. His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. I speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the See of the woman, bone of our bone, Heb 2:11, 14. 2. His sufferings an death; pointed at in Satan's bruising his heel, that is, his huma nature. And Christ's sufferings are continued in the sufferings of the saints for his name. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. 3. His victory over Satan thereby. Christ baffled Satan' temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. By his death he gave fatal blow to the devil's kingdom, a wound to the head of this serpen that cannot be healed. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls.
Original Hebrew
ואיבה 342 אשׁית 7896 בינך 996 ובין 996 האשׁה 802 ובין 996 זרעך 2233 ובין 996 זרעה 2233 הוא 1931 ישׁופך 7779 ראשׁ 7218 ואתה 859 תשׁופנו 7779 עקב׃ 6119
