After the Fall, God cursed the serpent saying 'I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.' This passage is referred to in Christian theology as the

Genesis 3:15 is called the Protoevangelium, meaning 'first gospel,' because it is regarded as the earliest promise of redemption in Scripture — foretelling the eventual victory of the seed of the woman (Christ) over the serpent (Satan). While it is part of the Adamic context, its specific theological designation is the Protoevangelium.