Genesis 3:14

Plain English Version

Then God said, “Snake, you did the wrong thing, so I will curse you. I will not curse the other animals, but I will curse all you snakes. From now on, you are going to crawl around on your bellies. You will always be down on the ground in the dirt.

Cross References

Genesis 3:1

You know, God made lots of animals, but the snake was more smart than all the other animals. He was really smart and tricky. One day, the snake went to the woman and said to her, “Did God say, ‘You can’t eat fruit from any of the trees in the garden’? Is that true?”

Genesis 4:11

So now I’m going to curse you. You killed your brother, and his blood is on the ground. So I will make the ground bad for you.

Genesis 9:6

You see, I made people to be like myself, so they are important. So if somebody kills another person dead, you have to kill that murderer dead.