genesis 3:19 explained

Minor Prophets Her words, you shall not eat it and lest you die are close enough, but she added to the command and put words in Gods mouth when she said, nor shall you touch it. Wisdom Literature Adam and Eve made for themselves aprons of fig-leaves, a covering too narrow for them to wrap themselves in, Isaiah 28:20. 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). He spoke in a taunting way. This is the last historical mention of the garden of Eden in the Bible. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. 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. Notice is given concerning Christ. From the beginning, Satan has tried to undermine Gods people by undermining Gods Word. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. 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. This was not the interrogation of an angry commanding officer, but the heartfelt cry of an anguished father. a. It was the craftiness of Satan that made him successful against Eve: as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness (2 Corinthians 11:3). It is an ill sign with men when they cannot be brought frankly to acknowledge their wrong-doing. (Spurgeon), And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this you have done? The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.. a. This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. The New Testament Enmity has the idea of ill will, hatred, and a mutual antagonism. ii. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? i. 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. Adam probably had regard to the blessing of a Redeemer, the promised Seed, in calling his wife Eve, or life; for He should be the life of all believers, and in Him all the families of the earth should be blessed. (14,15) The punishment of mankind. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. b. you shall eat bread, Until you return to the ground, from which you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return. i. 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. b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. Poetical Books iii. You are cursed more than all cattle, 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). Thank you for registering. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? Or, perhaps the idea focuses on mans greater knowledge (though in a bad sense) now that he has the experiential knowledge of evil. a. I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid: Sin made Adam afraid of Gods presence and afraid of Gods voice. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. (2-3) Eves i. Satan was, in his own thinking, majestic and triumphant over Jesus on the cross, but he failed. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: Adam and Eve knew that when they heard the LORD coming, He would want to be with them. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. His main lie to us is sin is not bad, and God is not good., iv. iii. She was not even pregnant yet. 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. Did death come in with sin? 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). As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. Web19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. i. Learn hence, that Satan's temptations are all beguilings; his arguments are all deceits; his allurements are all cheats; when he speaks fair, believe him not. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. c. In the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened: Satans temptation was all the more powerful because there was truth in it. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. 3. i. He became obedient unto death. WebThe temptation from the serpent. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. Therefore, it is Adam and not Eve who bears the responsibility for the fall of the human race and for the introduction of death into the created order (Romans 5:12, 1 Corinthians 15:22). Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. 3. Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, nor light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust as the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. We can almost picture Adam telling Eve, See that tree in the middle of the garden? 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. ii. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, Clarke on nor shall you touch it: Some Jewish writers state that as soon as the woman had asserted this, the serpent pushed her against the tree and said, See, you have touched it, and are still alive; you may therefore safely eat of the fruit, for surely you shall not die.. In her mind, she thought she was doing something good for herself. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point WebGenesis 3:19 The last part of God's curse on Adam involves the brevity of physical life. WebGenesis 3:17. For out of it you were taken; The Gospels Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. He will always reach for victory but always fall short of it. The way to the tree of life was shut. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. The Old Testament GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point The serpent deceives Eve. Till you return to the ground, His victory over Satan thereby. For dust you are, This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. f. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the LORD God said to the serpent: When God spoke to Adam and to Eve, He questioned each of them. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. The serpent was more cunning than any beast. 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). But the tree was nothing more than a restraint on Adam and Eve. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. He tempts them to seek preferment, as if they were fit to be gods. Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. The fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. 1. Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden, In the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, You will be like God, knowing good and evil, The woman saw that the tree was good for food, Then the eyes of both of them were opened, They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, walking in the garden in the cool of the day, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. i. WebBut the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die (Genesis 3:4) God had expressly declared to Adam, in the day that you eat of (the forbidden tree) you shall surely die.. And you shall eat the herb of the field. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. No one falls like Adam and Eve will fall, all of a sudden. A foundation has been laid. 2. c. On your belly you shall go: Whatever noble bearing the creation known as the serpent had before the fall and the curse, that nobility was gone. He shall rule over thee, is but God's command, Wives, be subject to your own husbands. b. Deceived me: The problem comes when we fail to see that being deceived is sin in itself. We all sin, but when we sin, we can still give glory to God by openly confessing without shifting the blame onto others (Joshua 7:19-20). Ezekiel 28 tells us Satan, before his fall, was an angel of the highest rank and prominence, even something of a leader of worship in heaven. Historical Books Then the eyes of both of them were opened: Seemingly, it was only after the sin of Adam that they knew of their sinful state. Major Prophets Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). 1. i. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. Read full chapter. It has been a sort of speculative opinion that the creature either had wings, or was able to move without creeping upon the earth as it now does. (Spurgeon). This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. ii. i. 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. His habitation is cursed. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. Did travailing pains come with sin? God bid man go out; told him he should no longer occupy and enjoy that garden: but man liked the place, and was unwilling to leave it, therefore God made him go out. Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. The heel is the part within the serpents reach. i. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. ii. And to dust you shall return.. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. 20 The man gave his b. Jesus, in taking on humanity, brought Himself near to Satans domain so Satan could strike Him. Luke-Acts So the rule of love founded in paradise is replaced by struggle, tyranny and domination. (Susan T. Foh, cited in Boice). i. Jewish rabbis embellished on Satans temptation to Eve: Nothing but malice has prompted Gods command, because as soon as you eat of it, you will be as God. God put marks of displeasure on Adam. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. Satan will often attack a chain at its weakest link, so he gets at Adam by tempting Eve. 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. Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. New Age author Marianne Williamson (author of A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles), guru to many of Hollywoods spiritual seekers, spent a night at the White House as the personal guest of Hillary Clinton. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. To this point, death had been mentioned only as a threatened punishment for sin ( Genesis God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. Wisdom Literature Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. He did a poor job of relating to his wife the word God gave him. a. Wisdom Literature ii. Adam even blames God. Adam named her in faith, trusting God would bring forth a deliverer from the woman because God said He would defeat Satan through the Seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15). conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy b. 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). i. Their hearts must have been sorely perplexed within them while they were waiting to see what God would do to them as a punishment for the great sin they had committed. (Spurgeon). In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. ii. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. It is difficult for women in Christian lands to realize the miseries of their hundreds of millions of sisters in pagan lands, where the lot of women is little above that of cattle. Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. And you shall eat dust This is because she did not receive the command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil directly from God but through Adam (Genesis 2:15-17). Adam, being the head, is the problem here. God obviously knew where they were but He also knew a gulf had been made between Him and man, a gulf that He Himself would have to bridge. ii. WebGenesis 3:16-19. Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. Minor Prophets By saying the woman whom You gave to be with me, Adam essentially blamed God for the sin saying, You gave me the woman, and she is the problem. Adam wasnt content to blame Eve; he had to blame God also. i. We will see Adam and Eve in heaven. i. Sin has corrupted both the willing submission of the wife and the loving headship of the husband. The beasts, from whose skins they were clothed, it is supposed were slain, not for man's food, but for sacrifice, to typify Christ, the great Sacrifice. God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. Pauline Epistles It is idle to call the narrative of the Fall a mere allegory; one had better say at once that he does not believe the Book There was a real serpent, as there was a real paradise; there was a real Adam and Eve, who stood at the head of our race, and they really sinned, and our race is really fallen. WebThe temptation from the serpent. iii. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. 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. 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. Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. i. d. Dust you are, and to dust you shall return: The final curse upon man promised there would be an end of his toil and labor on the earth but it was an end of death, not an end of deliverance. But in our desire to be gods, we become like Satan. In response, God issues three individual ''curses'' which affect humanity to this day. 1. Web3. He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. Historical Books The Lord God did not ask the serpent anything, for he knew that he was a liar, but he at once pronounced sentence upon him. (Spurgeon). i. All Rights Reserved. 2. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages (Job 7:1-2). Pentateuch 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. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. iii. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). ii. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. His victory over Satan thereby. You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. i. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. 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). 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. iv. e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. 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. God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. Pentateuch But God made them coats of skin, large, strong, durable, and fit for them: such is the righteousness of Christ; therefore put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. The Whole Bible i. Leupold on walking in the garden in the cool of the day: The almost casual way in which this is remarked indicates that this did not occur for the first time just then There is extreme likelihood that the Almighty assumed some form analogous to the human form which was made in His image.. Let us, therefore, always think well of God as the best good, and think ill of sin as the worst evil: thus let us resist the devil, and he will flee from us. 1. 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). His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. i. If God lies to her, how can He be good? God came to them with care, coming before the darkness of night. Your good works are essential to what it takes to live out your life, but they are not legal tender before God. Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. Minor Prophets (Genesis 3:7) The nakedness of Adam and Eve. (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. And you shall bruise His heel.. We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? The greatest potentate of evil was here doomed to cringe and crawl, and his seed have never forgotten their fathers posture. (Spurgeon). d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. First, she gave in to the lust of the flesh (saw that it was good for food), then she gave in to the lust of the eyes (pleasant to the eyes), then she gave in to the pride of life (desirable to make one wise). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point This was a sin problem and Adams wardrobe, fear or self-understanding could not be addressed until the sin problem was addressed. b. An animal had to die. i. The lifting of a bronze serpent is the lifting up of sin judged, in the form of a cross. Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. a. Wisdom Literature After the fall, everything looked worse. This may well be true, but it makes Adams sin not one bit less rebellious. i. Gods question demanded an answer. Also, there is a continual struggle between the wicked and the godly in this world. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made.

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