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Genesis
3:
14 So the LORD God said
to the serpent:
“ Because you have done this,
You are
cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the
field; On your belly you shall go,
And you
shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will
put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her
Seed; He shall bruise your
head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”
“I will put enmity . .
.” --- God promises to sanctify the woman and her Seed, graciously removing her
allegiance to Satan, and therefore restoring her and her descendants to peace
and fellowship with God.
Two lines of
descendants are promised: the seed of
the serpent, and the seed of the woman.
Christ is “her Seed”.
This prophecy is ultimately about the coming Messiah who will defeat
Satan (bruise the head of the serpent) by Himself taking punishment for our sins
(His heel bruised by the serpent).
Now, in Genesis 4-5, we get to see the “two seeds”, the two
prominent lines of descendants from Eve:
The Seed of the
Serpent:
Genesis
4:
1 Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain
8 Now Cain talked
with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and
killed him
16 Then Cain went out
from the presence of the LORD and dwelt in the land of Nod
on the east of Eden. 17 And Cain knew
his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the
name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch. 18 To
Enoch was born Irad; and Irad begot Mehujael, and Mehujael begot Methushael, and
Methushael begot Lamech.
19 Then Lamech took for himself two wives: the name
of one was Adah, and the name of the second
was Zillah. 20 And Adah
bore Jabal. He was the father of those who dwell in
tents and have livestock. 21 His brother’s name
was Jubal. He was the father of all those who
play the harp and flute. 22 And as for Zillah, she also
bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in
bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain
was Naamah. 23 Then
Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech! For I have killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man for hurting me. 24 If
Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech
seventy-sevenfold.”
The Seed of the
Woman:
Genesis
4:
2 Then she bore
again, this time his brother Abel.
25 And Adam knew his
wife again, and she bore a son and named him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for
me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”
26 And as for Seth, to
him also a son was born; and he named him Enosh.
Then men began to call on
the name of the LORD.
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Genesis
5:
3 And Adam . . .
begot a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
6 Seth . . . begot
Enosh.
9 Enosh . . . begot Cainan.
12 Cainan . . . begot Mahalalel.
15 Mahalalel . . . Jared.
18 Jared . . . begot
Enoch.
21 Enoch . . . begot
Methuselah. 22 After he begot Methuselah, Enoch walked with God three hundred years,
and had sons and daughters. 23 So all the days of
Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. 24 And Enoch walked with God; and he was
not, for God took him.
25 Methuselah . . .
begot Lamech.
28 Lamech . . . had a son. 29 And he
called his name Noah, saying, “This
one will comfort us concerning our work and the toil of our hands,
because of the ground which the LORD has cursed.”
32 And Noah . . .
begot Shem, Ham, and
Japheth.
Summary of the “two seeds” in Genesis
4-5:
The Seed of the
Serpent:
Cain –
murderer
Lamech –
polygamist and murderer
* No one in Cain’s line is said
to be a follower of God or pleasing to God.
The Seed of the
Woman:
Abel – one who pleased God
Seth – The new seed of the
woman; God gave him to replace Abel
Enosh –
associated with men calling upon God
Enoch – walked with God for 300 years, and then was
translated, without dying
Noah – righteous in God’s
sight
Shem – blessed of God – ancestor to Abraham &
ultimately to Jesus
* None of the woman’s seed, from Seth to Noah, are said
to be displeasing to God.
article by Joseph M. Gleason - March, 2006
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