Genesis 3:16
To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
BSB
Parallel translations (2) ▾
ASV
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
KJV
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
⋯
Commentary
2 voicesVoices on this verse
loading…Original language & word study
16 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֶֽל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| הָאִשָּׁ֣ה | ha.'i.Shah | the woman | H802 → |
| אָמַ֗ר | 'a.Mar | he said | H559 → |
| הַרְבָּ֤ה | har.Bah | certainly <to increase> | H7235 → |
| אַרְבֶּה֙ | 'ar.Beh | I will increase | H7235 → |
| עִצְּבוֹנֵ֣ךְ | i.tze.vo.Nekh | pain your | H6093 → |
| וְהֵֽרֹנֵ֔ךְ | ve.he.ro.Nekh | and pregnancy your | H2032 → |
| בְּעֶ֖צֶב | be.'E.tzev | with pain | H6089 → |
| תֵּֽלְדִ֣י | te.le.Di | you will bear | H3205 → |
| בָנִ֑ים | va.Nim | children | H1121 → |
| וְאֶל־ | ve.'el- | and [will be] to | H413 → |
| אִישֵׁךְ֙ | 'i.sheKh | husband your | H376 → |
| תְּשׁ֣וּקָתֵ֔ךְ | te.Shu.ka.Tekh | desire your | H8669 → |
| וְה֖וּא | ve.Hu' | and he | H1931 → |
| יִמְשָׁל־ | yim.shol- | he will rule | H4910 → |
| בָּֽךְ׃ ס | Bakh | over <the> you |
The walk
Featured studies on this passage
On Genesis 3:16
The Covenants
Six covenants in succession, cumulative rather than replacing. Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Davidic, New. Each narrowing the line of promise while widening the scope of fulfillment.
Open the study →
On Genesis 3:16
Creation to New Creation
The Bible begins in a garden and ends in a city — and the city has the garden in the middle of it. Seven explicit textual echoes bind Genesis 1–2 to Revelation 21–22.
Open the study →
On Genesis 3:16
The Fall & the Protoevangelium — Genesis 3
Open the study →
Walks through Genesis 3
Adam to Noah
Ten generations, sixteen centuries, and one man who did not die — the register of Genesis 5, read honestly.
Open the study →
Walks through Genesis 3
Angelology
The heavenly host — cherubim, seraphim, archangels, and armies — by class, office, and appearance.
Open the study →
Walks through Genesis 3
Bread
Open the study →
About Genesis
