Hebrew Mysteries



 Introduction

Genesis 3:15

Marlene Bredenkamp • 20 February 2026

Scripture Reference

I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring;

He shall bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.


Genesis 3:15

Genesis 3:15 in Hebrew

וְאֵיבָ֣ה אָשִׁ֗ית בֵּֽינְךָ֙ וּבֵ֣ין הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וּבֵ֥ין זַרְעֲךָ֖ וּבֵ֣ין זַרְעָ֑הּ ה֚וּא יְשׁוּפְךָ֣ רֹ֔אשׁ וְאַתָּ֖ה תְּשׁוּפֶ֥נּוּ עָקֵֽב

Transliteration

Ve’evah ashit beneka uven ha’isha uven tsaraka uven tsara hu

yeshupeka rosh ve’atah teshupenu aqev

Enmity - אֵיבָה eyvah

  • Because of this perpetual “enmity”, God’s eternal plan of redemption started in Genesis.
  • God chose Abel and not Cain.
  • The nation of Israel, above all other.
  • Jacob over Esau.
  • David over Saul.
  • Jesus to destroy the works of devil.


Cross refences - enmity 

The word eyvah is used 5 times in Old Testament


Genesis 3:15               — The serpent

Numbers 35:21 & 22 —Intentionally killing of a person

Ezekiel 25:15               — The Philistines 

and 35:5                       — Mount Seir (descendants of Esau)


And always refers to the opposition or the adversary.


Pictographs - אֵיבָה  evah

  • א  the strong leader
  • י   the arm
  • ב  the house
  • ה  revelation


Isaiah 63:5 I looked, but there was no one to help; was appalled, but there was no one to uphold; so, My own arm brought Me salvation, and My wrath upheld me.

Interpretation Isaiah 63:5

  • The arm, י yod, of the strong leader, א aleph, is Jesus.
  • He came and tabernacled, ב beyt, with man to reveal,ה hey, the Father.
  • Jesus said “All things have been committed to Me by My Father. 
  • No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him”.
  • Satan bruised His heel when Jesus was crucified; But Jesus crushed Satan’s head when He died and rose from dead and brought salvation.


Numerical Values of Adam

  • The Hebrew word for used for bruise or crush is שוף shuwph. This word has a numerical value of 386.
  • Yeshua crushed the head of Satan.
  • The name, Yeshua ישוע, has a numerical value of 386.

Know your enemy, אֹיֵב oyev

  • 1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour”.
  • 1 John 3:8 “For the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil”.
  • John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy”. 
  • John 8:44 “He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies”.

Concluding Remark

Satan is a defeated enemy. In the words of Zechariah “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan”


Next Focus

Genesis 26:25

May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ give you a spirit of  wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.