The First Prophecy Concerning Messiah
Seed of a Woman
“And, I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her Seed;
He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.” (Genesis 3:15, emphasis added)
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God had told Adam and Eve that they could eat the fruit from every tree in the Garden of Eden, with one exception. He warned them not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that was in the middle of the garden; if they ate its fruit they would die.
He also questioned God’s motives for the restriction; saying that He knew their eyes would be opened when they ate and they would become like God, knowing good and evil.
Satan initiated the temptation to disobey God and ignore His warning, and listening to Satan’s skillful lies led to rebellion against God’s commandment. Because of what he had done, the serpent was cursed by God.
He also declared that there would be enmity between Satan and the woman; and between Satan’s seed and the woman’s Seed.
Her Seed would eventually defeat Satan’s seed, but Satan would cause Him great suffering. As Biblical society was strictly patriarchal and generations were traced through fathers and sons, the phrase ‘her Seed’ is unique.