Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. ii. 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. (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. 2023 Christianity.com. 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. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. He was sent to a place of toil, not to a place of torment. 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). Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. 3. Poetical Books The New Testament But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. When we know and remember the consequences of sin, we are more likely to give up the passing pleasures of sin (Hebrews 11:25). d. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you: The idea is to contrast the womans desire and the husbands rule over her. i. To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. a. In the sweat of thy face Though the whole body may be thrown into a profuse Bridgeway Bible He drew all his posterity into sin and ruin. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. 1. Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. i. If we are born naturally rebellious against God, we are also born cautious and afraid of Satan. They knew they were naked, in the sense of having their shame exposed to all creation. He excused the fault by laying it on his After the curse, it still produced good, but thorns and thistles will come faster and easier than good fruit. 1. 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. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forevertherefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. The Blue Letter Bible ministry and the BLB Institute hold to the historical, (Read Genesis 3:16-19) The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in 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. She was not even pregnant yet. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had ii. It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. i. WebGenesis 3:17. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. Till you return to the ground, Did sweat come in with sin? Did thorns come in with sin? Obviously, they covered their genital areas. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. Adam laid the blame on his wife; but though it was her fault to persuade him to eat the forbidden fruit, it was his fault to hearken to her. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point God came to them with truth, showing them their lost condition. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. 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.. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. Perhaps they felt if they left the garden, they might never see God again because it was the only place where they met Him. The taking was all her doing. WebGenesis 3:16-19. Robbins is also recognized as a leader in the New Age movement. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. 1. This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. 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. a. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. His habitation is cursed. And let those that are finely clad, learn not to make the putting on of apparel their adorning. All Rights Reserved. Johannine Writings I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; 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. iii. Few of us are willing to simply say as David did, I have sinned against the LORD (2 Samuel 12:13). iii. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. Unto 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). General Epistles Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. i. He spoke in a taunting way. We may not understand everything involved in the way Satan used the body of a serpent, but we can know it was true and this is no mere fable. 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 question was meant to show that seeks after lost man. God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. Redeemed man this being who is greater than innocent man is only possible because man had something to be redeemed from. The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? ii. ii. God Himself ate first of the fruit of the tree, and then He created the world. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. When men deny the Scriptures and the truth of God, they always go to work in an underhand, mean, and serpentine style: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. If guilty man begins to plot for his own advantage, scheme for his own glory, and aim at perverting the truth, you will notice that he never takes a bold, open, manly stand, but he dodges, he conceals, he twists and shifts: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. Sin is a mean and despicable thing. He was guilty of unkindness to his wife and of blasphemy against his maker, in seeking to escape from confessing the sin which he had committed. Under Jesus, some of the effects of the curse are relieved, and it has been the Christianizing of society that brought rights and dignity to women. Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. After the fall, everything looked worse. Behold our Lord in his human nature sore bruised: he was betrayed, bound, accused, buffeted, scourged, spit upon. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. See also God's care for our first parents, notwithstanding their sin. 1. On your belly you shall go, The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. As a result of the fall, man no longer rules easily; he must fight from his headship. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. Because of Adam: ii. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. Now the creature Satan used to tempt Eve would be a low, groveling creature. The question was meant to express Gods sorrow over mans lost condition. General Epistles CSB 19 You will eat bread by the The devil implies that man is independent of God our Creator. It is his policy to send temptations by hands we do not suspect, and by those that have most influence upon us. WebGenesis 19. And you shall eat the herb of the field. Satan and the flesh will present a thousand reasons to show how good it would be to disobey His command. (Barnhouse). Verse Genesis 3:19. WebGenesis 19 The Destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah A. Prophets Sin has corrupted both the willing submission of the wife and the loving headship of the husband. The LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them: God wanted Adam and Eve clothed, not naked. Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve Our good works are like monopoly money great for monopoly, but not legal tender. 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. Clothes came in with sin. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Satan took advantage by finding her near the forbidden tree. Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? Dont touch it or God says well die! While this is better than saying nothing, what Adam didnt explain made a vulnerable place where Satan could attack. 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 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. This failure on Adams part made Eve more vulnerable to temptation. 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. (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. 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. 2. But when Adam ate, he was not deceived as Eve was. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to disobey their good Creator. The Old Testament 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. 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). (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. Enmity has the idea of ill will, hatred, and a mutual antagonism. Gods plan wasnt defeated when Adam and Eve sinned because Gods plan was to bring forth something greater than man in the innocence of Eden. God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with the serpent. Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. b. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. The way to the tree of life was shut. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. It has been observed that women bring forth children with more pain than just about any other creature. The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. iv. He shall bruise your head, iv. (Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. Poetical Books 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. (Genesis 3:17-19) Gods curse upon the man. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. WebThe temptation from the serpent. 3. Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. We read ( ch. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. 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. a. Perhaps there is a note of sarcasm by God here (as Elijah used in 1 Kings 18:27), regarding Satans empty promise to become like gods. The principle of Adams headship as a husband was established before the fall (see Genesis 2:18 and 2:22). b. iii. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Perhaps Satan knew by observation Adam didnt do an effective job of communicating to Eve what the LORD told him. WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. And more than every beast of the field; iii. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. 2018 David Guzik - No distribution beyond personal use without permission, The Whole Bible i. 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). Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. The serpent was more cunning than any beast: Satans effectiveness is often found in His cunning, crafty ways. b. We can assume this is God, in the Person of Jesus Christ, appearing to Adam and Eve before His incarnation and birth at Bethlehem, because of God the Father it is said, No one has seen God at any time. In response, God issues three individual ''curses'' which affect humanity to this day. He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. 1. Let those that are meanly clad, learn from hence not to complain. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in him. Major Prophets And I will put enmity We can speculate that God did not destroy it, but left it to the effects of the curse and suppose that it generally deteriorated from its original condition, blending into the surrounding geography. 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). The stronger ones in a chain must expect an attack against weaker links and support them against those attacks. 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. 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. Genesis 3:19 in all English translations. 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. ii. The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. Christ baffled Satan's temptations, rescued souls out of his hands. The two angels come to Sodom. b. 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? range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed ii. That bruised heel is painful enough. Now the two angels came to a. Adam called his wifes name Eve: Up to Genesis 3:20, the woman has never been called Eve. iv. We simply and strongly tell him, The Lord rebuke you! (Jude 9). Did sorrow come in with sin? The greatest potentate of evil was here doomed to cringe and crawl, and his seed have never forgotten their fathers posture. (Spurgeon). So the rule of love founded in paradise is replaced by struggle, tyranny and domination. (Susan T. Foh, cited in Boice). Albeit that henceforth all he ate was to be with the sweat of his face, yet still he was to have enough to eat, and he was to live on. (Spurgeon). Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. g. He shall bruise your head: For God to see the defeat of Satan at Satans first flush of victory shows God knew what He was doing all along. In our courts of law, we do not require men to answer questions which would incriminate them, but God does; and, at the last great day, the ungodly will be condemned on their own confession of guilt (Spurgeon). a. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. of Scripture. i. And between your seed and her Seed; It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. Your desire shall be for your husband, The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. There are only two religions; there is the religion of fig leaves and there is the religion of Gods perfect provision through Jesus. i. When he gave me the fruit, I ate of it.. iii. 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. He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. Adam and Eve must have been terrified as this once-beautiful creature called a serpent was transformed into the creeping, slithering, hissing snake we know today. No one falls like Adam and Eve will fall, all of a sudden. A foundation has been laid. WebGenesis 3:19 The last part of God's curse on Adam involves the brevity of physical life. He shall rule over thee, is but God's command, Wives, be subject to your own husbands. We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). i. Gods question demanded an answer. Email / username or password was incorrect! But instead of acknowledging the sin in its full extent, and taking shame to themselves, Adam and Eve excuse the sin, and lay the shame and blame on others. Did death come in with sin? ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. The Old Testament 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. ii. See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. We are still made in Gods image, so we want to be in the presence of God and hear His voice, while at the same time, we are afraid of Him. One must be hardened to willingly and knowingly serve Satan. And Christ's sufferings are continued in the sufferings of the saints for his name. This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. 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). GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. 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. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). The Whole Bible 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). 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. See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. All the days of your life. This much was true: she had been deceived, and she did eat. 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. There is no doubt this is a prophecy of Jesus ultimate defeat of Satan. Many have speculated that Adam sinned because he didnt want Eve to be alone in the fall, and he ate of the fruit out of a romantic impulse.
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