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Genesis 3:15

Enmity between the serpent and the woman's seed.

Text — King James Version (1611)

3:15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

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• Justin Martyr — Dialogue with Trypho curated
• Tertullian — Adversus Marcionem curated

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• Ambrose of Milan — On the Holy Spirit cited in text · 1 reference — The book
• Ephrem the Syrian — Hymns on the Nativity of Christ in the Flesh cited in text · 1 reference — Hymn 3
• Gregory of Nazianzus — Select Orations cited in text · 1 reference — Oration 45 (Gregory Nazianzen)
• Justin Martyr — Dialogue with Trypho cited in text · 1 reference — The prediction of the events which happened to Christ when He was born. Why God permitted it

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