Historical Books i. Without a revelation of mercy, giving some hope of forgiveness, the convinced sinner would sink into despair, and be hardened. 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. Prophets iii. 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. ii. 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 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. If all these people were brought together in a church-like organization, it would be the third largest religious denomination in America. Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced to be degraded and accursed of God; detested and abhorred of all mankind: also to be destroyed and ruined at last by the great Redeemer, signified by the breaking of his head. 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). Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. ii. b. i. Unto Luke-Acts Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. Study Guide for Genesis 3 by David Guzik - Blue Letter 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 ii. The Old Testament Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; ii. (16-19) The first clothing of mankind. 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. (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 Luke-Acts It was henceforward in vain for him and his to expect righteousness, life, and happiness, by the covenant of works; for the command of that covenant being broken, the curse of it is in full force: we are all undone, if we are judged by that covenant. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. 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. The serpent (Lucifer) deceives EveShe and then Adam partake of the forbidden fruitHer Seed (Christ) will bruise the serpents headThe roles of woman Satan couldnt cram the fruit down her throat. Genesis 3 ii. i. Satan was, in his own thinking, majestic and triumphant over Jesus on the cross, but he failed. i. In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the goodness of God. Genesis 3 Bible Commentary - Matthew Henry (concise) Although the sentence took away from Adam the luscious fruits of paradise, yet it secured him a livelihood. If nudity represented a higher, freer life, then God would have let Adam and Eve remain naked but He clothed them. 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.. (9-13) The serpent cursed, The promised Seed. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. This speaks of an inherent challenge in embracing the husbands role as leader of the home and family. Rebellion against God is not better when motivated by a romantic impulse. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. 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). Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Genesis 3:19 in all English translations. The New Testament Satan came in the form of a serpent to tempt Eve And you shall bruise His heel.. Wisdom Literature He can undermine just as effectively by getting us to neglect Gods Word as by getting us to doubt it. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. It has the idea that women would experience pain in regard to their children in general, not just in the act of giving birth. Email / username or password was incorrect! For this reason, women should take special care in which man they marry. Then the serpent said to the woman, You will not surely die. ii. ii. Genesis 2. The Gospels In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. a. a. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. This was their holy of holies. Therefore, it was important to send cherubim and a flaming sword to guard the way to the tree of life. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? He shall bruise your head, Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. 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. In Jesus, we share in the victory over Satan: And the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet shortly (Romans 16:20). Beings engaged in evil designs have no other way of going, but with tricks, devices, concealments, double meanings. He did a poor job of relating to his wife the word God gave him. Not only does Adam unjustly accuse Eve, but also he refused to accept proper responsibility for his part in her sin. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. 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. 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). 1. b. Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. 2. 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). iv. c. God has said: Eves ignorance of exactly what God said was really Adams responsibility. General Epistles The Gospels d. Lest you die: This may seem like a small thing to hinge the destiny of the human race and all creation on. To eat dust has the idea of total defeat (Isaiah 65:25, Micah 7:17). 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. Genesis 3:19 - The Punishment of Mankind - Bible Hub 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. Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). 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. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. Pentateuch Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Because she was the mother of all living: Adam named her Eve, even though she was not a mother at all at the time. It is as if a deaf person was promised to be able to hear again, but all they could hear was screaming. 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). d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. 6. On your belly you shall go, He asked it because He allowed Adam to make the best of a bad situation by repenting right then and there, but Adam didnt come clean and repent before God. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. Without shedding of blood there is no remission (Hebrews 9:22). It was Satan who said, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God I will be like the Most High (Isaiah 14:13-14). The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. iii. 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. WebGenesis 3:19 New International Version 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. ii. He quoted the command wrong. Pauline Epistles b. Adam and his wife hid themselves: This shows that Adam and Eve knew that their attempt to cover themselves failed. The Gospels b. 1. His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. i. The taking was all her doing. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. 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. Commentary on Genesis 3 It was also in Gods plan to allow Satan to tempt Eve this way. (Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. Web19 By the sweat of your brow. She could have simply run from Satan and the tree, but Eve didnt take Gods way of escape. e. Made themselves coverings: After making their coverings, Adam and Eve waited. War is proclaimed between the Seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent. 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. Enduring Word Bible Commentary Genesis Chapter 19 iii. 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. But it is a dangerous thing to teach the doctrines of man as if they are the commandments of God (Matthew 15:9). The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. I. An immaterial spirit must be invisible; and therefore he must embody himself in some way or other before he can be seen. WebGenesis 3:19 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. King Pauline Epistles i. They saw the happiness they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. 3. Genesis 3 Verse Genesis 3:19. i. He shall rule over thee, is but God's command, Wives, be subject to your own husbands. WebGenesis chapter 3 tells the story of the fall of man through the temptation of Eve and the entrance of sin into the world. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had WebThe temptation from the serpent. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. God didnt ask Satan (the being animating the serpent) any questions because there was nothing to teach him. Genesis 3:17 Commentaries: Then to Adam He said, "Because God confronted Adams problem squarely. b. Cursed is the ground: Because of Adam, there is a curse upon all creation. 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. God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. 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. If Satan doesnt couple it with some truth, there is little power in his temptation. No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. iii. 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. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. i. Because you have done this, The serpent was more cunning than any beast. 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 way to the tree of life was shut. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had a freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. The Old Testament The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. Wisdom Literature Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. He became obedient unto death. And between your seed and her Seed; i. Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. a. 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. Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. God put marks of displeasure on Adam. Thank you for registering. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Minor Prophets 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. 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. 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. i. This much was true: she had been deceived, and she did eat. Covering ourselves with our good works is like Adam and Eve trying to cover themselves with fig leaves. Johannine Writings It is more than probable that they were clothed in light before the fall, and when they sinned the light went out. (Barnhouse). iii. 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. CSB 19 You will eat bread by the Luke-Acts 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. As with every temptation, God had made for Eve a way of escape (1 Corinthians 10:13). In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. 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. In toil you shall eat of it 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. WebWhen confronted with their sin, the man and woman confess, but also attempt to shift the blame to others. It was the ground that was cursed due to Adam's sin, so that he had to toil by the sweat of his brow throughout this earthly life to provide what was originally bestowed in plentiful supply. 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. i. 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. Adam even blames God. 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. If this fruit is something good for her, why doesnt God want her to have it? Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. It is his policy to send temptations by hands we do not suspect, and by those that have most influence upon us. Major Prophets There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed There is a sense in which idolatry of Eve was an aspect of Adams disobedience against God. i. (6-8) God calls upon Adam and Eve to answer. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? The Old Testament It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. See also God's care for our first parents, notwithstanding their sin. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. The New Testament And you shall eat the herb of the field. 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). i. Web3. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. 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. i. Even so, God continues to provide for His creation. When cherubim are represented on earth (such as in the tabernacle, Exodus 25:10-22), they mark a meeting place with God. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread 3. WebGenesis 3:14-19. Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. Barnes' Notes on the Bible Here begins the judgment. This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. The contents of this chapter we have, 2 Pet 2 6-8, where we find that "God, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, and delivered just Lot." In Satans direct challenge, he tries to get Eve to doubt the badness of sin. Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children: The first curse upon women is a broad one. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answered the sentence passed on our first parents! 1. God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. This was not the interrogation of an angry commanding officer, but the heartfelt cry of an anguished father. Satan promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as think themselves so! 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.. His incarnation, or coming in the flesh. e. Has God indeed said: Satans first attack was leveled against the Word of God. 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. If God lies to her, how can He be good? Any angel of the lowest rank could have dealt with Adam. Not in the dead of night when the natural glooms of darkness might have increased the terrors of the criminal, not in the heat of the day, lest he should imagine that God come in the heat of passion; not in the early morning, as if in haste to slay, but at the close of the day, for God is long-suffering, slow to anger, and of great mercy. (Spurgeon). And more than every beast of the field; Notice is given concerning Christ. i. 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. Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. Did sorrow come in with sin? Adam, being the head, is the problem here. Genesis 3 What does Genesis 3:19 mean? | BibleRef.com This is why we are called to never give place to the devil (Ephesians 4:27). The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone. b. General Epistles We are so used to saying Adam and Eve that we assume she already had her name. iv. There is no doubt this is a prophecy of Jesus ultimate defeat of Satan. For dust you are, WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. i. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. 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. i. They knew that they were naked: Both Psalm 104:2 and Matthew 17:2 suggest that light can be a garment for the righteous. 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.