This was already hinted at right after the fall of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden: "I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel" (Gen 3:15).
Endzhaku ka loko Adamu na Evha va dyohile, Xikwembu xi vulavule hi ndlela yo fanekisela loko xi byela nyoka xi ku: "Ndzi ta veka vulala exikarhi ka wena ni wansati ni le xikarhi ka mbewu ya wena ni mbewu ya yena.