boris@ocf.berkeley.edu (Boris Chen) (08/08/90)
Concerning Gen 3:14,15, it makes sense that it should read "he will..." because this phrase is refering, not to the woman, but to her seed. And her seed is Jesus Christ, so it would make sense that the scripture uses a masculine pronoun. Boris Chen boris@ocf.berkeley.edu [Most commentators believe this passage was referring to the general enmity between people and snakes, and thus that it was a collective reference to all offspring. That doesn't mean that the Messianic interpretation is inappropriate. After all, Jesus is one of Adam's offspring, and delivers a particularly crushing blow, so there's nothing wrong with saying that the passage applies to him with particular appropriateness. --clh]