Hi Lynne,
14.And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
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.
This isn't talking about God cursing animals, this is God telling satan that he is cursed. At one time satan was the high priest for God before his fall. But was brought down to being the lowest of all of God's created beings. God is showing satan how degraded he has become, it's like in the old westerns when someone would say he's lower then a snakes belly or he's a snake in the grass. It's a figure of speech God was using to show satan how far he has fallen.
Eze 28:12 Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
Eze 28:13 Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created.
Eze 28:14 Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee.
Eze 28:16 By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.
Eze 28:17 Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness:
I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee.
Eze 28:18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee.
Eze 28:19 All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more.
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.
This verse is a prophesy that satan's children and Adam's children would be in conflict. And they were right from the begining Cain killed Able...... satan bruised Jesus's heel on the cross, but Jesus bruised satan's head when he arose on the 3rd day.
I don't think you understood what I said about the word soul in my first post. I'll try again to make it clearer for you.
This is the King James version with Strong's numbers.
Gen 2:7 And the LORD3068 God430 formed3335 (853) man120 of the dust6083 of4480 the ground,127 and breathed5301 into his nostrils639 the breath5397 of life;2416 and man120 became1961 a living2416
soul.5315 The English word soul is translated from the Hebrew word nephesh.
H5315 Soul
נפשׁ
nephesh
neh'-fesh
From H5314; properly a breathing creature, that is, animal or (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental): - any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead (-ly), desire, X [dis-] contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart (-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortality, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
The word nephesh was used 4 times before it was used for man.
(Gen 1:20) And God430 said,559 Let the waters4325 bring forth abundantly8317 the moving creature8318
that hath life,5315, 2416 and fowl5775 that may fly5774 above5921 the earth776 in5921 the open6440 firmament7549 of heaven.8064
(Gen 1:21) And God430 created1254 (853) great1419 whales,8577 and every3605 living2416
creature5315 that moveth,7430 which834 the waters4325 brought forth abundantly,8317 after their kind,4327 and every3605 winged3671 fowl5775 after his kind:4327 and God430 saw7200 that3588 it was good.2896
(Gen 1:24) And God430 said,559 Let the earth776 bring forth3318 the living2416
creature5315 after his kind,4327 cattle,929 and creeping thing,7431 and beast2416 of the earth776 after his kind:4327 and it was1961 so.3651
(Gen 1:30) And to every3605 beast2416 of the earth,776 and to every3605 fowl5775 of the air,8064 and to every thing3605 that creepeth7430 upon5921 the earth,776 wherein834
there is life,5315, 2416 I have given (853) every3605 green3418 herb6212 for meat:402 and it was1961 so.3651
(Gen 2:7) And the LORD3068 God430 formed3335 (853) man120 of the dust6083 of4480 the ground,127 and breathed5301 into his nostrils639 the breath5397 of life;2416 and man120 became1961 a living2416
soul.5315(Gen 2:19) And out of4480 the ground127 the LORD3068 God430 formed3335 every3605 beast2416 of the field,7704 and every3605 fowl5775 of the air;8064 and brought935 them unto413 Adam121 to see7200 what4100 he would call7121 them: and whatsoever3605, 834 Adam121 called7121 every living2416
creature,5315 that1931 was the name8034 thereof.
(Gen 9:4) But389 flesh1320
with the life5315 thereof, which is the blood1818 thereof, shall ye not3808 eat.398
Here is a complete list of all the times the Hebrew word Nephesh was used in the KJV Bible and the English word the translators used for it.
H5315
נפשׁ
nephesh
Total KJV Occurrences: 749soul, 416Gen_2:7, Gen_17:13-14 (2), Gen_19:20, Gen_27:4, Gen_27:19, Gen_27:25, Gen_27:31, Gen_34:3, Gen_34:8, Gen_35:18, Gen_42:21, Gen_49:6, Exo_12:15, Exo_12:19, Exo_30:12, Exo_31:14, Lev_4:2, Lev_5:1-2 (2), Lev_5:4, Lev_5:15, Lev_5:17, Lev_6:2, Lev_7:18, Lev_7:20-21 (4), Lev_7:25, Lev_7:27 (2), Lev_17:10-12 (3), Lev_17:15, Lev_19:8, Lev_20:6 (2), Lev_22:3, Lev_22:6, Lev_22:11, Lev_23:29-30 (3), Lev_26:11, Lev_26:15, Lev_26:30, Lev_26:43, Num_9:13, Num_11:6, Num_15:27-28 (2), Num_15:30-31 (3), Num_19:13, Num_19:20, Num_19:22, Num_21:4-5 (2), Num_30:2, Num_30:4-8 (6), Num_30:10-13 (4), Num_31:28, Deu_4:9, Deu_4:29, Deu_6:5, Deu_11:12-13 (2), Deu_11:18, Deu_12:15, Deu_12:20-21 (3), Deu_13:3, Deu_13:6, Deu_14:26 (2), Deu_26:16, Deu_30:2, Deu_30:6, Deu_30:10, Jos_22:5, Jdg_5:21, Jdg_16:16 (2), 1Sa_1:10, 1Sa_1:15, 1Sa_1:26, 1Sa_2:16, 1Sa_17:55, 1Sa_18:1 (3), 1Sa_20:3-4 (3), 1Sa_20:17, 1Sa_23:20, 1Sa_24:11, 1Sa_25:26, 1Sa_25:29 (2), 1Sa_26:21, 1Sa_30:6, 2Sa_4:9, 2Sa_5:8, 2Sa_11:11, 2Sa_14:19, 1Ki_1:29, 1Ki_2:4, 1Ki_8:48, 1Ki_11:37, 1Ki_17:21-22 (2), 2Ki_2:2, 2Ki_2:4, 2Ki_2:6, 2Ki_4:27, 2Ki_4:30, 2Ki_23:3, 2Ki_23:25, 1Ch_22:19, 2Ch_6:38, 2Ch_15:12, 2Ch_34:31, Job_3:20, Job_6:7, Job_7:11, Job_7:15, Job_9:21, Job_10:1 (2), Job_12:10, Job_14:22, Job_16:4, Job_19:2, Job_21:25, Job_23:13, Job_24:12, Job_27:2, Job_27:8, Job_30:16, Job_30:25, Job_31:30, Job_33:18, Job_33:20, Job_33:22, Job_33:28, Job_33:30, Psa_6:2-4 (3), Psa_7:2, Psa_7:5, Psa_11:1, Psa_11:5, Psa_13:2, Psa_16:10, Psa_17:13, Psa_19:7, Psa_22:20, Psa_22:29, Psa_24:3-4 (2), Psa_25:1, Psa_25:13, Psa_25:20, Psa_26:9, Psa_30:3, Psa_31:7, Psa_31:9, Psa_33:19-20 (2), Psa_34:2, Psa_34:22, Psa_35:3-4 (2), Psa_35:7, Psa_35:9, Psa_35:12-13 (2), Psa_35:17, Psa_40:14, Psa_41:4, Psa_42:1-2 (2), Psa_42:4-6 (3), Psa_42:11, Psa_43:5, Psa_44:25, Psa_49:8, Psa_49:15, Psa_49:18, Psa_54:3-4 (2), Psa_55:18, Psa_56:6, Psa_56:13, Psa_57:1, Psa_57:4, Psa_57:6, Psa_59:3, Psa_62:1, Psa_62:5, Psa_63:1, Psa_63:5, Psa_66:8-9 (3), Psa_66:16, Psa_69:1, Psa_69:10, Psa_69:18, Psa_70:2, Psa_71:10, Psa_71:13, Psa_71:23, Psa_72:14, Psa_74:19, Psa_77:2, Psa_78:50, Psa_86:2 (2), Psa_86:4 (2), Psa_86:13-14 (2), Psa_88:3, Psa_88:14, Psa_89:48, Psa_94:17, Psa_94:19, Psa_94:21, Psa_103:1-2 (2), Psa_103:22, Psa_104:1, Psa_104:35, Psa_106:15, Psa_107:5, Psa_107:9 (2), Psa_107:18, Psa_107:26, Psa_109:20, Psa_109:31, Psa_116:4, Psa_116:7-8 (2), Psa_119:20, Psa_119:25, Psa_119:28, Psa_119:81, Psa_119:109, Psa_119:129, Psa_119:167, Psa_119:175, Psa_120:2, Psa_121:6-7 (2), Psa_124:4-5 (3), Psa_124:7, Psa_130:5-6 (2), Psa_138:2-3 (2), Psa_139:14, Psa_141:8, Psa_142:4, Psa_142:7, Psa_143:3, Psa_143:6, Psa_143:8, Psa_143:11-12 (2), Psa_146:1, Pro_2:10, Pro_3:22, Pro_6:30, Pro_6:32, Pro_8:36, Pro_10:3, Pro_11:17, Pro_11:25, Pro_13:2, Pro_13:4 (2), Pro_13:19, Pro_13:25, Pro_15:32, Pro_16:17, Pro_16:24, Pro_18:7, Pro_19:2, Pro_19:8, Pro_19:15-16 (2), Pro_19:18, Pro_20:2, Pro_21:10, Pro_21:23, Pro_22:5, Pro_22:23, Pro_22:25, Pro_23:14, Pro_24:12, Pro_24:14, Pro_25:13, Pro_25:25, Pro_27:7 (2), Pro_29:10, Pro_29:17, Ecc_2:24 (2), Ecc_4:8, Ecc_6:2-3 (2), Ecc_7:28, Son_1:7, Son_3:1-4 (4), Son_5:6, Son_6:12, Isa_1:14, Isa_3:9, Isa_10:18, Isa_26:8-9 (2), Isa_29:8 (2), Isa_32:6, Isa_38:15, Isa_38:17, Isa_42:1, Isa_44:20, Isa_51:23, Isa_53:10-12 (3), Isa_58:2-3 (3), Isa_58:5, Isa_58:10-11 (3), Isa_61:10, Isa_66:3, Jer_4:10, Jer_4:19, Jer_4:31, Jer_5:9, Jer_5:29, Jer_9:8-9 (2), Jer_12:7, Jer_13:17, Jer_18:19-20 (2), Jer_20:13, Jer_31:12, Jer_31:14, Jer_31:25 (2), Jer_32:41, Jer_38:16-17 (2), Jer_38:20, Jer_50:19, Jer_51:6, Jer_51:45, Lam_1:11, Lam_1:16, Lam_2:12, Lam_3:17, Lam_3:20, Lam_3:24-25 (2), Lam_3:58, Eze_3:19, Eze_3:21, Eze_4:14, Eze_18:4 (3), Eze_18:20, Eze_18:27, Eze_24:21, Eze_33:5, Eze_33:9, Jon_2:4-5 (2), Mic_6:7 (2), Mic_7:1, Hab_2:4, Hab_2:10, Zec_11:8
life, 100Gen_9:4-5 (2), Gen_19:17, Gen_19:19, Gen_44:30 (3), Exo_4:19, Exo_21:23 (2), Exo_21:30, Lev_17:11, Lev_17:14 (3), Num_35:31, Deu_12:23 (2), Deu_19:21 (2), Deu_24:6, Jos_2:14, Jdg_9:17, Jdg_12:3, Jdg_18:25, Rth_4:15, 1Sa_19:5, 1Sa_19:11, 1Sa_20:1, 1Sa_22:23 (2), 1Sa_23:15, 1Sa_26:24 (2), 1Sa_28:9, 1Sa_28:21, 2Sa_1:9, 2Sa_4:8, 2Sa_14:7, 2Sa_16:11, 2Sa_18:13, 2Sa_19:5, 1Ki_1:12 (2), 1Ki_2:23, 1Ki_3:11, 1Ki_19:2-4 (4), 1Ki_19:10, 1Ki_19:14, 1Ki_20:31, 1Ki_20:39 (2), 1Ki_20:42 (2), 2Ki_1:13-14 (3), 2Ki_7:7, 2Ki_10:24 (2), 2Ch_1:11, Est_7:3, Est_7:7, Est_8:11, Job_2:4, Job_2:6, Job_6:11, Job_13:14, Job_31:39, Psa_31:13, Psa_38:12, Pro_1:19, Pro_6:26, Pro_7:23, Pro_12:10, Pro_13:3, Pro_13:8, Isa_43:4 (2), Jer_4:30, Jer_11:21, Jer_21:7, Jer_21:9, Jer_22:25, Jer_34:20-21 (2), Jer_38:2, Jer_38:16, Jer_39:18, Jer_44:30 (2), Jer_45:5, Jer_49:37, Lam_2:19, Eze_32:10, Jon_1:14, Jon_4:3
souls, 58Gen_12:5, Gen_46:15, Gen_46:18, Gen_46:22, Gen_46:25-27 (5), Exo_1:5 (2), Exo_12:4, Exo_30:15-16 (2), Lev_16:29, Lev_16:31, Lev_17:11, Lev_18:29, Lev_20:25, Lev_23:27, Lev_23:32, Num_16:38, Num_29:7, Num_30:9, Num_31:50, Jos_10:28, Jos_10:30, Jos_10:32, Jos_10:35, Jos_10:37 (2), Jos_10:39, Jos_11:11, Jos_23:14, 1Sa_25:29, Psa_72:13, Psa_97:10, Pro_11:30, Pro_14:25, Jer_2:34, Jer_6:16, Jer_26:19, Jer_44:7, Eze_7:19 (2), Eze_13:18-20 (

, Eze_14:14, Eze_14:20, Eze_18:4, Eze_22:25, Eze_22:27
lives, 18Gen_9:5, Jos_2:13, Jos_9:24, Jdg_5:18, Jdg_18:25, 2Sa_19:5 (3), 2Sa_23:17, 1Ch_11:19 (2), Est_9:16, Pro_1:18, Jer_19:7, Jer_19:9, Jer_46:26, Jer_48:6, Lam_5:9
persons, 16Gen_14:21, Gen_36:6, Exo_16:16, Lev_27:2, Num_19:18, Num_31:35, Num_31:40 (2), Num_31:46, Deu_10:22, 1Sa_22:22, Jer_52:29-30 (3), Eze_17:17, Eze_27:13
person, 14Num_5:6, Num_31:19, Num_35:11, Num_35:15, Num_35:30 (2), Deu_27:25, Jos_20:3, Jos_20:9, 2Sa_14:14, Pro_28:17, Jer_43:6, Eze_33:5-6 (2)
heart, 12Exo_23:9, Lev_26:16, Deu_24:15, 1Sa_2:33, 2Sa_3:21, Pro_23:7, Pro_28:25, Lam_3:51, Eze_25:6, Eze_25:15, Eze_27:31, Hos_4:8
mind, 11Gen_23:8 (2), Deu_18:6, Deu_28:65, 1Sa_2:35, 1Ch_28:9, Jer_15:1, Eze_23:17-18 (3), Eze_23:22, Eze_23:28
himself, 101Ki_19:4, Job_18:4, Job_22:2, Job_23:9, Job_32:2, Amo_2:14-15 (4), Amo_6:8
body, 9Lev_21:11, Num_9:6-7 (3), Num_19:10-11 (2), Num_19:13, Num_19:16, Hag_2:13
creature, 9Gen_1:21, Gen_1:24, Gen_2:19, Gen_9:10, Gen_9:12, Gen_9:15-16 (2), Lev_11:46 (2)
dead, 8Lev_19:28, Lev_21:1, Lev_22:4, Num_5:2, Num_6:11, Num_9:6-7 (2), Num_9:10
yourselves, 8Lev_11:43-44 (4), Deu_4:15, Jos_23:11, Jer_17:21, Jer_37:9
desire, 5Ecc_6:9 (2), Jer_22:27, Jer_44:14, Mic_7:3, Hab_2:5
man, 4Lev_24:16-17 (2), 2Ki_12:4, Isa_49:7
minds, 42Sa_17:8, 2Ki_9:15, Eze_24:25, Eze_36:5
pleasure, 4Deu_23:24, Psa_105:22, Jer_2:24, Jer_34:16
will, 4Deu_21:14, Psa_27:12, Psa_41:2, Eze_16:27
any, 3Lev_2:1, Lev_4:27, Deu_24:7
beast, 3Lev_24:18 (3)
themselves, 3Est_9:31, Isa_46:2, Isa_47:14
appetite, 2Pro_23:2, Ecc_6:7
ghost, 2Job_11:20, Jer_15:9
hearts, 2Pro_31:6, Jer_42:20
lust, 2Exo_15:9, Psa_78:18
thing, 2Lev_11:10, Eze_47:9
angry, 1Jdg_18:25
breath, 1Job_41:21
deadly, 1Psa_17:9
discontented, 11Sa_22:2
fish, 1Isa_19:10
greedy, 1Isa_56:10-11 (2)
heart’s, 1Psa_10:3
hearty, 1Pro_27:9
herself, 1Isa_5:14
men, 11Ch_5:21
mortally, 1Deu_19:11
myself, 1Psa_131:2
one, 1Lev_4:27
own, 1Pro_14:10
slay, 1Jer_40:14
slayeth, 1Deu_22:26
soul’s, 1Job_16:4
tablets, 1Isa_3:20
thyself, 1Est_4:13
would, 1Psa_35:25