Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. i. WebGenesis 3:19 The last part of God's curse on Adam involves the brevity of physical life. Let it not lessen our sorrow for sin, that we were beguiled into it; but let it increase our self-indignation, that we should suffer ourselves to be deceived by a known cheat, and a sworn enemy, who would destroy our souls. The New Testament Genesis 3 (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. Genesis Chapter 19 Summary & Analysis Genesis 3 The serpent deceived me, and I ate: When confronted by God, Eve didnt necessarily shift the blame when she admitted the serpent deceived her and then she ate. His victory over Satan thereby. ii. Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. Did sorrow come in with sin? The idea that the woman takes her name from the husband, and the idea that both genders are encompassed in terms like mankind, humanity, and chairman. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. General Epistles Genesis 3:19 - NIV - By the sweat of your brow you - Christianity Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? b. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. What Satan said is more important than how he said it. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Your desire shall be for your husband, i. They must have thought, Its our turn next!. i. i. 16-19 The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. This is not because there is something intrinsically unclean in our sexuality, but because we have both received our fallenness and pass it on genetically through sexual reproduction. If this is true, it wasnt so strange to Eve that an angelic being might appear to her in the form of a beautiful pre-curse serpent. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. The flaming sword was pointed against Satan to keep him from destroying the way of access to the altar, which God had set up. (Barnhouse). Our first parents were shut out from the privileges of their state of innocency, yet they were not left to despair. WebChapter 3. The Old Testament The excuses men make to cover and lessen their sins, are vain and frivolous; like the aprons of fig-leaves, they make the matter never the better: yet we are all apt to cover our transgressions as Adam. a. This is the last historical mention of the garden of Eden in the Bible. Genesis 3 iii. This is because, in this picture, the serpent (a personification of sin and rebellion) is made of bronze (a metal associated with judgment, since it is made with fire). Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. In response, God issues three individual ''curses'' which affect humanity to this day. It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him (John 1:18); and no man has ever seen God in the Person of the Father (1 Timothy 6:16). This was how the LORD had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way. The question was meant to lead Adam to confess his sin. b. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Genesis 3 We are clothed with a garment of righteousness that was purchased with the life of another, Jesus Christ. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. We will see Adam and Eve in heaven. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point c. And clothed them: This, together with the expression of faith in Gods promise indicated in the naming of Eve (Genesis 3:20), indicates that Adam and Eve were rescued from their sinful condition. All the days of your life. 1. If we are born naturally rebellious against God, we are also born cautious and afraid of Satan. He will always reach for victory but always fall short of it. Now the two angels came to Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. WebGenesis 3. Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? Because you have done this, (14,15) The punishment of mankind. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to disobey their good Creator. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. Genesis 4. WebGenesis 3, Sermon Bible Commentary, One of over 125 Bible commentaries freely available, this 12 volume, chapter by chapter commentary of 4,800 sermon outlines and 24,000 homiletic references. Genesis 3:19 - KING JAMES BIBLE ONLINE We are so used to saying Adam and Eve that we assume she already had her name. They knew that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. b. If Adam would have sinned first, and if he had then given the fruit to Eve, she might have a partial excuse before God: I was simply obeying the head of our home. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. WebGenesis 3:19 Catholic Bible: You will have to work hard and sweat to make the soil produce anything, until you go back to the soil from which you were formed. So he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, Who told you that you were naked? God confronted Adams problem squarely. It was a memorable discourse indeed, with Jehovah himself for the preacher, and the whole human race and the prince of darkness for the audience. (Spurgeon). Clothes came in with sin. See here what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. Genesis 3:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, (Hebrew/Greek Search by English Definition), * 'Number Delimiters' only apply to 'Paragraph Order', Search verses, phrases, and topics (e.g. i. iii. 6. Prophets WebThe temptation from the serpent. Sin appears most plainly in the glass of the commandment, therefore God set it before Adam; and in it we should see our faces. Sin has corrupted both the willing submission of the wife and the loving headship of the husband. Genesis 3:19 Commentaries: By the sweat of your face Wisdom Literature Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Johannine Writings For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.. The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. i. Wisdom Literature The question was meant to express Gods sorrow over mans lost condition. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. i. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. He shall rule over thee, is but God's command, Wives, be subject to your own husbands. According to a 1992 survey, as many as 12 million Americans can be considered active participants in the New Age movement, and another 30 million are avidly interested. Where the gospel has gone, the load has been lifted, and woman in Christ has become the reflection of the redeemed Church, the bride of Christ. (Barnhouse). The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. More than 90% of the subscribers to New Age Magazine are college graduates, compared to half the general population. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, nor light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. b. The Gospels Genesis, CHAPTER 3 | USCCB The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. b. Genesis 3 Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 3 Satan teaches men first to doubt, and then to deny. Adam and Eve made for themselves aprons of fig-leaves, a covering too narrow for them to wrap themselves in, Isaiah 28:20. iv. Did travailing pains come with sin? And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. 3. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. i. The creature that tempted Eve became a serpent as a result of Gods judgment on it, and it went slithering away into the bushes. (Boice), ii. Email / username or password was incorrect! For out of it you were taken; Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages (Job 7:1-2). i. Gods question demanded an answer. It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. a. God came to them patiently, waiting for the cool of the day the evening time. Genesis 3 Some creature had to die in order to provide them with garments, and you know who it is that died in order that we might be robed in his spotless righteousness. Genesis 3:16-19 meaning | TheBibleSays.com WebAs Genesis 3:20 records an instance of humble, apprehending faith in the divine word, so here we have a manifest act of mercy on the part of God, indicating the pardon and acceptance of confessing, believing man, rejoicing in anticipation of that future victory over the serpent which was to be accomplished by the seed of the woman. The New Testament He drew Eve into a discussion with him and planted the seed of doubt about Gods Word, and he exposed Eves incomplete understanding of Gods Word. i. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. Bible Gateway Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. The taking was all her doing. In toil you shall eat of it Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate, I will put enmity between you and the woman, You shall eat dust all the days of your life, Enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed, He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel, Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children, Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, Dust you are, and to dust you shall return, The LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil, And take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, The LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden, He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, David Guzik :: 1 Corintios 7 Principios Sobre el Matrimonio y la Soltera, David Guzik :: 1 Juan 2 Impedimentos para una comunin con Dios, David Guzik :: Gnesis 3 La tentacin y cada del hombre, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 1-10 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Genesis 15-18 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Third Person of the Trinity (Chuck Smith). Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. She saw. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. The two angels come to Sodom. It is the common fault and folly of those that have done ill, when questioned about it, to acknowledge only that which is so manifest that they cannot deny it. It was as if God could not wait to announce His plan of salvation, to bring deliverance through the one known as the Seed of the woman. This lost sheep had wandered without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happy or easy. Because of the curse, Eve would have to fight a desire to master her husband, a desire that works against Gods ordained order for the home. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Use semicolons to separate groups: 'Gen;Jdg;Psa-Mal' or 'Rom 3-12;Mat 1:15;Mat 5:12-22', There are options set in 'Advanced Options', The Whole Bible In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread i. The Lamb of God has made for us a garment which covers our nakedness so that we are not afraid to stand even before the bar of God. (Spurgeon). Satan and the flesh will present a thousand reasons to show how good it would be to disobey His command. (Barnhouse). The serpent: The text here does not, by itself alone, clearly identify the serpent as Satan, but the rest of the Bible makes it clear this is Satan appearing as a serpent. (Genesis 3:16) Gods curse upon the woman. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. e. Enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed: The second part of the curse is directed against Satan himself. (20,21) Adam and Eve are driven out from paradise. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; If sinners will but consider where they are, they will not rest till they return to God. 2. Few subjects are more important! The greatest potentate of evil was here doomed to cringe and crawl, and his seed have never forgotten their fathers posture. (Spurgeon). i. Satan was, in his own thinking, majestic and triumphant over Jesus on the cross, but he failed. But when Adam ate, he was not deceived as Eve was. (1-3) Lot convinces the angelic visitors to stay with him. I. a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. Till you return to the ground, Pauline Epistles b. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). God has a covering for His people (Isaiah 61:10), and the exhortation from Jesus is for us: Behold, I am coming as a thief. Satan ruined himself by desiring to be like the Most High, therefore he sought to infect our first parents with the same desire, that he might ruin them too. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. Isaiah 14 tells us Satans fall had to do with his desire to be equal to or greater than God, to set his will against Gods will. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. Webhis body was composed of the dust, was of the earth, earthly, and should be reduced to that again by death, which is not an annihilation of man, but a bringing him back to We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. Let us not look on that which we are in danger of lusting after, Romans 5:19; disobedience to a plain, easy, and express command. Eve was tricked into sinning; Adam knew exactly what he was doing (1 Timothy 2:14). She couldnt rightly say, the devil made me do it.. Sin brought pain to childbirth, and no one knew more pain than Jesus did when He, through His suffering, brought many sons to glory (, Sin brought conflict, and Jesus endured great conflict to bring our salvation (, Thorns came with sin and the fall, and Jesus endured a crown of thorns to bring our salvation (, Sin brought sweat, and Jesus sweat, as it were, great drops of blood to win our salvation (, Sin brought sorrow, and Jesus became a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, to save us (, Sin brought death, and Jesus tasted death for everyone that we might be saved (, Barnhouse, Donald Grey "Genesis: A Devotional Exposition" Volumes 1 and 2 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1973), Boice, James Montgomery "Genesis: An Expositional Commentary" Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1987), Ginzberg, Louis "The Legends of the Jews" Volumes 1-7 (Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1968), Leupold, H.C. "Exposition of Genesis: Volumes 1 and 2" (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1976), Spurgeon, Charles Haddon "The New Park Street Pulpit" Volumes 1-6 and "The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit" Volumes 7-63 (Pasadena, Texas: Pilgrim Publications, 1990). Web2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, The representation of Satan as a serpent makes the idea of Moses saving Israel by lifting up a bronze serpent all the more provocative (Numbers 21:8-9), especially when Jesus identifies Himself with that very serpent (John 3:14). (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. Because she was the mother of all living: Adam named her Eve, even though she was not a mother at all at the time. 3. iv. And take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: In mercy, God protected Adam and Eve from the horrible fate of having to live forever as sinners by preventing them from eating from the tree of life. 1. Martin Luther said of this verse: This text embraces and comprehends within itself everything noble and glorious that is to be found anywhere in the Scriptures (Leupold). Rather bless him that ever he should have consecrated the thorns by wearing them for his diadem (Spurgeon). Has God said, Ye shall not lie, nor take his name in vain, nor be drunk, &c.? GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point c. The LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden: We dont know if Adam and Eve wanted to stay in the garden of Eden. ii. Therefore, He forbids you to eat of it, lest you create other worlds Hurry now and eat the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden, and become independent of God, lest He bring forth still other creatures that will rule over you (Ginzberg). The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. Between you and the woman, GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. Take and eat will one day become verbs of salvation, but only after Jesus had lived in the world of Adams curse and surrendered to death. of Scripture. i. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. d. You will be like God, knowing good and evil: The final enticement was the most powerful because it was how Satan himself fell, wanting to be equal with God. iii. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? Then the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.. Genesis 3:19 (KJV) - Forerunner Commentary - Bible Tools He was crowned with thorns for us. Genesis 2. f. He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel: In this, God prophesies the doom of Satan, showing that the real battle is between Satan and the Seed of the Woman. c. And he said to the woman: Apparently, before the curse pronounced in Genesis 3:14-15, the serpent was different than what we know today as a serpent. God revealed this to Adam, not to drive him to despair, but to quicken him to look for life and happiness in the promised Seed, by whom a new and living way into the holiest is laid open for us. But to this point, she was called a female (Genesis 1:27), a helper comparable (Genesis 2:18), a woman (Genesis 2:22, 23), and a wife (Genesis 2:24, 25; 3:8). However, Lots wife glances back, and she is turned into a pillar of salt. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. CSB 19 You will eat bread by the Did sweat come in with sin? He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). Genesis 3:17 Commentaries: Then to Adam He said, "Because This same word for desire is used in Genesis 4:7 of the desire of sin to master over Cain. a. ii. Wisdom Literature 1. So the rule of love founded in paradise is replaced by struggle, tyranny and domination. (Susan T. Foh, cited in Boice). Cool of the day is literally the breeze of the day. From Hebrew geography and culture, we might guess this means late afternoon or early evening. Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. In her mind, she thought she was doing something good for herself. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. It may be that Adam and Eve were previously clothed in Gods glorious light, and the immediate loss of this covering of light left them feeling exposed and naked. Historical Books The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. b. Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. He quoted the command wrong. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 19 e. The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate: Adams attempt to blame Eve is completely consistent with human nature. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. Beings engaged in evil designs have no other way of going, but with tricks, devices, concealments, double meanings. 1. c. The eyes of both of them were opened: The way they saw themselves changed, but also the way they saw the entire world was now different. And he shall rule over you.. That bruised heel is painful enough. He pressed upon them greatly Partly because he would by no means have them to expose themselves to the perils and insults which he was aware awaited their
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