...him a gracious reprieve. The first judicial sentence which God pronounced was upon; the tempter : " And the Lord God said unto the serpent. Because thou...the field : upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between...

...said : the Nachash beguiled me, and I did eat. And the Lord God said unto the Nachash, or K-ha-noos ; because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above...shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life." Thus far, we perceive that three of the culprits have been distinctly noticed : but now,...

...more than probable from the tenor of the curse pronounced on this instrument of the Evil One : — " Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above...shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat, all the days of thy life." But however this may be, it is at least certain, that the condition of the serpent has...

...is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Sentence. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou...and above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shall thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : and I will put enmity between thee...

...What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said, • The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 shall thon go, and ° dust shah thou eat all the days of thy life : "Job xxxviii. 1. «Heb. tm'nrf;...

...third place, to the consideration of their punishment. The serpent is first sentenced in these terms : "Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above...the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shall thou eat all the days of thy life : and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between...

...chapter of the Book of Genesis, the sentence of God is thus pronounced upon them and their tempter. " And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou...shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life ; and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed, and her seed...

...I did eat ; and the woman, to cover her guilt, said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 2 Then the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast...shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed ;...

...employed, in accordance with the figurative character of the whole of the narrative. "And Jehovah Aleim said unto the serpent, because thou hast done this,...shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy - Gen.iii. life.'"" Here, again, the same figurative style is employed. The tempter is again...

...serpent beguiled me, and I did eat." " And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Be- Gen. m. 14. cause thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle,...upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eatf all the days of thy life. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed...