Bible Verses About Seed of the Woman: 12

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

— Genesis 3:15 (NIV)

People who search bible verses about Seed of the woman want Scripture on Genesis 3:15 — the first gospel promise that the woman's offspring will crush the serpent — not only a general Redeemer survey or the cross alone. This page is a numbered list of twelve passages with the NIV text and a short note on each. Related lists: Bible verses about Redeemer, Bible verses about the cross, Bible verses about Savior, Bible verses about Messiah, Bible verses about Jesus, Bible verses about hope, Bible verses about faith, Bible verses about salvation, Bible verses about God's love, and Bible verse of the day. Seed of the woman here means the protoevangelium promise against the serpent — distinct from Redeemer or cross surveys alone.

Word study (lead theme). In Hebrew, "seed / offspring" is זֶרַע zeraʿ (Strong's H2233; Bible Hub H2233) — seed, offspring, descendants. "Woman" is אִשָּׁה ʾiššâ (H802; Bible Hub H802). Genesis 3:15 joins them as the woman's seed who will crush the serpent's head. This list tracks that promise, not every seed-of-Abraham verse alone.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 3 presses that God announced enmity and a wounding of the serpent by the woman's seed — the first gospel (Bible Hub MHC Genesis 3; Blue Letter Bible, Matthew Henry on Genesis 3). (Redeemer and the cross live on those pages; this list centers zeraʿ hāʾiššâ.)

12 Bible verses about Seed of the Woman

1. Genesis 3:15. "And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel." He will crush your head — you will strike his heel. See Bible verses about hope.

2. Genesis 22:18. "and through your offspring all nations on earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed me." Through your offspring all nations will be blessed. See Bible verses about faith.

3. Galatians 3:16. "The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. Scripture does not say 'and to seeds,' meaning many people, but 'and to your seed,' meaning one person, who is Christ." To your seed — meaning one person, who is Christ. See Bible verses about Jesus.

4. Galatians 4:4. "But when the set time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law," God sent his Son, born of a woman. See Bible verses about Savior.

5. Romans 16:20. "The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you." God will soon crush Satan under your feet. See Bible verses about salvation.

6. Isaiah 7:14. "Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel." The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son. See Bible verses about Immanuel.

7. Micah 5:3. "Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor bears a son, and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites." Until she who is in labor bears a son. See Bible verses about Messiah.

8. Hebrews 2:14. "Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death he might break the power of him who holds the power of death—that is, the devil—" By his death he might break the devil's power. See Bible verses about Redeemer.

9. 1 John 3:8. "The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil's work." The Son of God appeared to destroy the devil's work. See Bible verses about Jesus.

10. Revelation 12:17. "Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring—those who keep God's commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus." War against the rest of her offspring. See Bible verses about God's love.

11. Matthew 1:23. "'The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel' (which means 'God with us')." They will call him Immanuel — God with us. See Bible verses about Immanuel.

12. Luke 1:35. "The angel answered, 'The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called the Son of God.'" The holy one to be born will be called the Son of God. See Bible verses about the cross.

How to use these verses

Pick one verse when you need the Seed of the woman — not twelve as a grind. If you need the first gospel, start at Genesis 3:15. If you need Paul's seed-is-Christ line, open Galatians 3:16. If you need born of a woman, open Galatians 4:4. For Redeemer, open Bible verses about Redeemer. For a daily verse, open Bible verse of the day.

Questions people ask

What is a good Bible verse about Seed of the woman?

Genesis 3:15 (he will crush your head), Galatians 3:16 (your seed… who is Christ), and Galatians 4:4 (born of a woman) are clear starting places.

How do Bible verses about Seed of the woman differ from Redeemer alone?

Redeemer surveys many ransom and purchase texts. This page centers Genesis 3:15's zeraʿ hāʾiššâ promise against the serpent — then cross-links Redeemer. See Bible verses about Redeemer.

What does zeraʿ hāʾiššâ mean?

Hebrew zeraʿ (H2233) means seed or offspring; ʾiššâ (H802) means woman. Together they name the promised offspring of the woman who will crush the serpent.

Is the Seed of the woman the same as Christ?

Christian reading hears Genesis 3:15 fulfilled in Christ born of a woman who destroys the devil's work (Galatians 4:4; 1 John 3:8). See Bible verses about Jesus.

How can I remember these verses?

Read Genesis 3:15, then Galatians 3:16. Thank God that the first promise still holds. For the cross beside that promise, open Bible verses about the cross. For Savior, open Bible verses about Savior.

Sources

• Blue Letter Bible lexicons: H2233, H802 (links above).
• Bible Hub Hebrew: H2233, H802.
• Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary: Genesis 3 (links above).
• Scripture quotations NIV.