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Genesis 3:14

And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life:

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Cursed. This curse falls upon the natural serpent, as the instrument of the devil; who is also cursed at the same time by the Holy Spirit. What was natural to the serpent and to man in a state of innocence, (as to creep to submit to the dominion of the husband) becomes a punishment after the fall. (St. Chrysostom) There was no enmity, before, between man and any of God's creatures; nor were they noxious to him. (Tirinus) The devil seems now to crawl, because he no longer aspires after God and heavenly things, but aims at wickedness and mean deceit. (Menochius)

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