God gave His approval of the sense of shame which had led our first parents to cover their nakedness. (Leupold). i. 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.. This creature didnt start as a snake as we know it, it became one. The fruit probably was pleasant to the eyes, though that shouldnt mean much. b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. The devil contradicts Gods word by falsely assuring Adam and Eve, you shall not surely die.. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. Adam sinned with his eyes wide open, in open rebellion against God. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Thank you for registering. 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. The Old Testament Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. God commanded the serpent to slither on the ground instead of walking on legs like any other animal. a. b. This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. 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. Now the creature Satan used to tempt Eve would be a low, groveling creature. She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. Your desire shall be for your husband, 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). iii. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. Poetical Books Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. Wisdom Literature 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). Genesis 19 Commentary Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife Obeyed her word and counsel, contrary to my express command. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 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. Now work has a cursed element to it, with pain and weariness a part of work. Obviously, they covered their genital areas. That bruised heel is painful enough. Major Prophets The way to the tree of life was shut. i. Luke-Acts God put marks of displeasure on Adam. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. And he shall rule over you.. 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 Like Adam, we have reason to be afraid of approaching to God, if we are not covered and clothed with the righteousness of Christ. 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). As with every temptation, God had made for Eve a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). a. 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 His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. iii. Genesis 3:19 in all English translations. i. e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. God knew the answer to this question. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. Web19 By the sweat of your brow. The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. His victory over Satan thereby. They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). Was he crowned with thorns, and do you wonder that they grow up around your feet? ii. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. 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. 3. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Adam, being the head, is the problem here. i. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. The New Testament We can see the precise truth of Pauls statement in 1 Timothy 2:14, that Eve was deceived when she sinned. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point Luke-Acts Genesis 3:19 Commentaries: By the sweat of your face 6. Many other passages associate a serpent or a snake-like creature with Satan (such as Job 26:13 and Isaiah 51:9). And I will put enmity God ordained that the pain with which women bring children into this world be an example of the pain they experience more generally in life. 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. He quoted the command wrong. The Gospels 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. WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. 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. 2. (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 Adam even blames God. (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. There is a strange proneness in those that are tempted, to say, they are tempted of God; as if our abuse of God's gifts would excuse our breaking God's laws. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. c. Your desire shall be for your husband: This is true of women in a way that it is not true for men. Johannine Writings This prophecy also gives the first hint of the virgin birth, declaring the Messiah the Deliverer would be the Seed of the Woman, but not of the man. Johannine Writings Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone. Heaven and hell can never be reconciled, nor light and darkness; no more can Satan and a sanctified soul. Genesis 3:19 - NIV - By the sweat of your brow you - Christianity Did sweat come in with sin? Historical Books 1. Adam bears the name of the dying body, Eve of the living soul. So when the woman saw: Eve surrendered to this temptation in exactly the way John describes in 1 John 2:16. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. You will not surely die: Satan first wanted Eve to forget all about what God said about the consequences of sin. ii. Did thorns come in with sin? i. Satan was, in his own thinking, majestic and triumphant over Jesus on the cross, but he failed. The words of our text, so far as they literally concern the serpent, threaten that a change would be wrought in 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. Prophets Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? And Christ's sufferings are continued in the sufferings of the saints for his name. 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.. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. Satan and the flesh will present a thousand reasons to show how good it would be to disobey His command. (Barnhouse). See Romans 7:11; Hebrews 3:13. i. 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. i. Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! Who told you that you were naked? 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. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. It was Eve's weakness to enter into this talk with the serpent: she might have perceived by his question, that he had no good design, and should therefore have started back. On this occasion, Satan chose to indwell the body of a pre-curse serpent. Poetical Books 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). Eve was tricked into sinning; Adam knew exactly what he was doing (1 Timothy 2:14). The heel is the part within the serpents reach. (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. There are only two religions; there is the religion of fig leaves and there is the religion of Gods perfect provision through Jesus. And to dust you shall return.. The Old Testament We need to let Jesus cover us (Revelation 3:5, 18), and put on Jesus Himself as our covering garment (Galatians 3:27). The New Testament (Genesis 3:4-5) Satans direct challenge to Gods Word. But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. 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. We can almost picture Adam telling Eve, See that tree in the middle of the garden? Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. A complete lie is rarely effective in temptation. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. After the fall, everything looked worse. It is more than probable that they were clothed in light before the fall, and when they sinned the light went out. (Barnhouse). But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. ii. Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. Genesis 3:19 - Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Wisdom Literature Between you and the woman, Let those that are meanly clad, learn from hence not to complain. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). Genesis 3:19 - By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food u The question was meant to express the accountability man had before God. His habitation is cursed. Before the curse on man, the ground only produced good. i. WebGenesis 3:19. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point 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: 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. This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. 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. 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). 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). Commentary on Genesis 3 No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. She was not even pregnant yet. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. Luke-Acts Genesis 19:3 Commentaries: Yet he urged them strongly, so they i. Of course, it was a good idea to completely avoid the temptation; no good could come from massaging the fruit youre not supposed to eat. i. 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. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. Prophets The curse promised thorns and thistles, and we remember that Jesus was crowned with thorns (Matthew 27:29). Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. He excused the fault by laying it on his 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). We are clothed with a garment of righteousness that was purchased with the life of another, Jesus Christ. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). In this vivid way, Jesus bore the curse for us. If man had not sinned, he would always have ruled with wisdom and love; if the woman had not sinned, she would always have obeyed with humility and meekness. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. a. 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. (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. No one falls like Adam and Eve will fall, all of a sudden. A foundation has been laid. 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. i. His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. a. 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. He aims to make them discontented with their present state, as if it were not so good as it might be, and should be. A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. Did travailing pains come with sin? ii. b. The principle of Galatians 3:13 is established as we consider that Jesus bore each aspect of the curse upon Adam and Eve in its totality: Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. WebChapter 3. a. 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). i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. You are cursed more than all cattle: The first part of the curse is directed at the animal that Satan used to bring the temptation. We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: Eves knowledge of what she should not do is partially correct, but what she doesnt seem to know makes her all the more vulnerable to deception. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). The serpent (Lucifer) deceives EveShe and then Adam partake of the forbidden fruitHer Seed (Christ) will bruise the serpents headThe roles of woman 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. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. His victory over Satan thereby. 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. And the woman said to the serpent: Eves first mistake was in even carrying on a discussion with the serpent. Genesis 3 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints General Epistles A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. (Genesis 3:22-24) God sets cherubim to guard the Tree of Life. Redeemed man this being who is greater than innocent man is only possible because man had something to be redeemed from. Till you return to the ground, 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). 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. 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. There is no doubt this is a prophecy of Jesus ultimate defeat of Satan. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. God came to them patiently, waiting for the cool of the day the evening time. ii. With anxiety and perhaps a bit of agony they waited until God patiently came to them. That Satan has power to enter into living bodies is clear, for he did so upon a very large scale with regard to men in the days of Christ Being compelled to have an embodiment, the master evil spirit perceived the serpent to be at that time among the most subtle of all creatures; and therefore he entered into the serpent as feeling that he would be most at home in that animal (Spurgeon). Wisdom Literature I. b. 1. i. This does not mean God did not have a name for Eve, but we are told what the name is in Genesis 5:2: He called them Mankind. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. WebGenesis 3. Genesis 4. In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). God wanted more than innocent man; His plan is to bring forth redeemed man. Verse Genesis 3:19. Pentateuch Genesis 3:19 - KING JAMES BIBLE ONLINE The Gospels In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. 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. And you shall eat dust 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). 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. And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. I will put enmity between you and the woman: In addition, there is a natural aversion between mankind and serpents, especially on the part of women. The taking was all her doing. The serpent deceives Eve. 1. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. 1. The Whole Bible And you shall bruise His heel.. iii. What does Genesis 3:19 mean? | BibleRef.com 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? Genesis 3 Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. 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. She couldnt rightly say, the devil made me do it.. Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, General Epistles in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. In virtually all cultures, adults cover their genital areas, even though other parts of the human body may be more or less exposed from culture to culture. The Gospels We are called to talk to the devil, but never to have a discussion with him. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.. 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. It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth.
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