Genesis 3:15
“And 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.”
King James Version
The first promise in Scripture — Eve given a Saviour: the woman's seed shall bruise the serpent's head, and be bruised in the heel.
Fulfillment References
Galatians 4:4 Romans 16:20 Revelation 12:9
Archaeological & Historical Evidence
Sumerian and Akkadian creation texts confirm the antiquity of the 'seed' concept, making this the earliest promise of a Deliverer in biblical literature.
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalJesus Christ crushed Satan at the cross and resurrection.
JewishEtiological narrative about human-serpent enmity. Not Messianic in mainstream Judaism.
CatholicThe Protoevangelium — first promise of a Savior; Mary as 'the woman' in Marian theology.
ProtestantThe first gospel — points to Christ's victory over Satan at the cross.
DispensationalUltimate fulfillment at Second Coming when Satan is cast into the lake of fire (Rev 20:10).
AcademicANE etiological narrative; Messianic reading is a later hermeneutic.
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