Genesis 3:14 And the LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; on your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life: Torrey's Topical Textbook
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The Protevangelium. ... Matthew 12:34, and in the connection of serpents with vipers ... upon dust; but, since it is to creep on the ... and by the degradation of its whole being, doomed to be ... /.../hengstenberg/christology of the old testament/the protevangelium.htm