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The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:14 · WEB

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ગુજરાતીઉત્પત્તિ ૩:૧૪
યહોવાહ ઈશ્વરે સાપને કહ્યું કે, “તેં આ કૃત્ય કર્યું છે, તેથી તું સર્વ ગ્રામ્યપશુઓ તથા વનપશુઓની વચ્ચે હવે શાપિત છે. તું પેટે ચાલશે અને પોતાના જીવનના સર્વ દિવસો સુધી તારે ધૂળ ખાવી પડશે.
हिन्दीउत्पत्ति ३:१४
तब यहोवा परमेश्वर ने सर्प से कहा, “तूने जो यह किया है इसलिए तू सब घरेलू पशुओं, और सब जंगली पशुओं से अधिक श्रापित है; तू पेट के बल चला करेगा, और जीवन भर मिट्टी चाटता रहेगा;

In context

12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

13The LORD God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

16To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

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