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15. שׁוּף _shûp_ “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν
(=τερεῖν?) _tērein_ ἐκτρίβειν _ektribein_ Job
9:17, καταπατεῖν...
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CHAPTER 3
The Fall of Man
_ 1. The serpent and the woman (Genesis 3:1)_
2. The fall and the immediate results (Genesis 3:6)
3. Jehovah Elohim questions Adam (Genesis 3:8)
4. His question to the w...
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Among the animals formed by Yahweh, in His first attempt to provide
man with a companion, was the serpent; at that time either a quadruped
or holding itself erect. It was eminent among its fellows for...
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WHERE ART THOU? The 1st Q. in O.T. comes from God to the sinner.
Compare 1st Q. in N.T. of the seeking sinner, "Where is He? "(Matthew
2:2)....
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The Enquiry
The certainty of tone with which the following questions are put
indicates either perfect knowledge or accurate perception, and reduces
the guilty man to a speedy confession. The question...
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_Where art thou_?] The Lord does not abandon, He seeks, the guilty.
The question is one which the voice of conscience puts to every man
who thinks that he can hide his sin from God's sight....
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AND THE LORD GOD, &C.— It is not to be supposed that the Omniscient
either knew not where Adam and Eve were, or wanted to be informed of
what they had done, when he asked the questions in this and the...
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PART THIRTEEN:
THE BEGINNING OF PHYSICAL EVIL ON EARTH
(Genesis 3:9-24)
_Recapitulation_
1. Aldo J. Tos writes interestingly as follows (ABOT, 61): The account
of the Fall is an artistic presentatio...
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_AND THE LORD GOD CALLED UNTO ADAM, AND SAID UNTO HIM, WHERE ART
THOU?_
The Lord God called unto Adam, where art thou? The enquiry was not
made from ignorance of his hiding-place, because "all things...
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PARADISE AND THE FALL
In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual
teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is
evidently to give an answer to the question: How...
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EVERY TREE] The garden was planted with trees, like a king's pleasure
park. The trees are specially mentioned, partly because they were to
provide man's food, and partly because attention is directed...
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‘Where are you?’ God knew where they were. But God said this
because he wanted them to speak to him....
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GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE
GENESIS
_ALUN OWEN_
CHAPTER 3
ADAM AND EVE DO AN EVIL THING
V1 The snake was the cleverest wild animal that the *Lord God had
made. The snake said to the woman, ‘Is it true...
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EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The _Bereshit Rabba_ argues that Adam and Eve remained in their
original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supposed...
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וַ יִּקְרָ֛א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל
־הָֽ אָדָ֑
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THE FALL
Genesis 3:1
PROFOUND as the teaching of this narrative is, its meaning does not
lie on the surface. Literal interpretation will reach a measure of its
significance, but plainly there is more...
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GOD'S CONDEMNATION OF ADAM AND EVE
Genesis 3:9
God does not wait for Adam to find his own way back, but hastens in
search of him. “Where art thou” is rendered in one version, _Alas
for thee._ Jesus m...
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Here begins the second section of the Book of Genesis. As the first
has answered questions concerning creation, the second replies to
questions asked in the presence of sin and suffering and sorrow.
T...
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God would have been very pleased if he had never needed a remedy for
sin. However, man chose the path of sin. Satan's grand lie caused him
to transgress God's will. Jesus called Satan "a murderer from...
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_Where. In what state have thy sins placed thee, that thou shouldst
flee from thy God? (St. Ambrose, C. 14) Some think it was the Son of
God who appeared on this occasion, St. Augustine; &c. or an Ang...
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And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast
done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Observe the immediate effect of sin. Shame, guilt and fear, filled t...
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There is one characteristic of divine revelation to which attention
may be profitably called as a starting point. We have to do with
facts. The Bible alone is a revelation of facts, and, we can add (n...
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9._And the Lord God called unto Adam_. They had been already smitten
by the voice of God, but they lay confounded under the trees, until
another voice more effectually penetrated their minds. Moses sa...
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In chapter 3 we find what, alas! has always happened, and happened
immediately when God has set up anything in the hands of responsible
man disobedience and failure. So it was in Adam, so in Noah, so...
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AND THE LORD GOD CALLED UNTO ADAM,.... The Jerusalem Targum is, the
Word of the Lord God, the second Person in the Trinity; and this is
the voice he is said to have heard before:
AND SAID UNTO HIM, W...
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And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art]
thou?
Ver. 9. _Where art thou?_] Not as if God knew not; for he searcheth
Jerusalem with lights; yea, himself is the "father of light...
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_The Lord God called_, (probably with a loud voice,) _Where art thou?_
This inquiry after Adam, may be looked upon as a gracious pursuit in
order to his recovery. If God had not called to him to reduc...
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1 The serpent deceiueth Eue.
6 Mans shamefull fall.
9 God arraigneth them.
14 The serpent is cursed.
15 The promised Seed.
16 The punishment of Mankind.
21 Their first clothing.
22 Their castin...
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The Investigation of God...
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And the Lord God called unto Adam and said unto him, Where art thou?
It was the call of anxious love as well as of stern justice. God
summoned the sinners before His court. Sin is easily done, but not...
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SECOND PART
THE GENESIS OF THE WORLD-HISTORY, OF THE TRIAL, OF THE SIN OF MAN, OF
THE JUDGMENT, OF DEATH, OF THE SALVATION-TRIUMPH, OF THE CONTRAST
BETWEEN A DIVINE AND A WORLDLY TENDENCY IN HUMANITY...
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THE FALL OF MAN
The serpent is introduced in this chapter as being more cunning than
all other beasts. This was evidently so just by the fact of Satan's
using the serpent for his mouthpiece. It is not...
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9-13 Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? 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 enemie...
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THE LORD GOD CALLED with a loud voice: Thou whom I have so highly
obliged, whither and wherefore dost thou run away from me, thy Friend
and Father, whose presence was lately so sweet and acceptable to...
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This section of our book sets before us the breaking up of the whole
scene on which we have been dwelling. It abounds in very weighty
principles; and has, very justly, been, in all ages, resorted to a...
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Genesis 3:9 LORD H3068 God H430 called H7121 (H8799) Adam H120 said
H559 (H8799) you H335...
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Genesis 3:9
I. Note here the anticipative sentence of the human conscience
pronouncing doom on itself. The guilty rebel hides from the Divine
Presence.
II. The inexorable call which brings him immed...
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Genesis 3:8
As the account of Eve's temptation and fall truly represents the
course of corruption and sin, so the behaviour of our first parents
afterwards answers exactly to the feelings and conduct...
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Genesis 3
Consider: (1) some of the consequences, and (2) some of the
corroborative proofs of the fall.
I. Beside and behind the outward consequences, there were inward
results far more terrible. A d...
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Genesis 3:1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the
field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,
hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And...
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Genesis 3:1. _Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the
field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea,
hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?_
H...
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CONTENTS: Temptation of Eve and entrance of sin into the race. God's
covenant with fallen man and the expulsion from Eden.
CHARACTERS: God, Satan, Adam, Eve.
CONCLUSION: Doubt lies at the root of all...
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Genesis 3:1. _The serpent._ The rabbins and the christian doctors have
largely sported their opinions here. St. Cyril contends that Satan
assumed the figure of the serpent, and so talked with the woma...
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_Where art thou?_
GOD’S QUESTION
I. The speaker is God; the person spoken to is the representative of
us all.
II. The call is--
1. Individual.
2. Universal.
III. God calls in three ways.
1. In...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 3:1 The sudden arrival of a speaking SERPENT
presents a challenge to the human couple. Their choice to disregard
God’s instructions is an act of willful rebellion that has terr...
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 3:9 THE LORD GOD CALLED TO THE MAN...,
“WHERE ARE YOU?” Both “man” and “you” are singular in
Hebrew. God thus confronts Adam first, holding him primarily
responsible for the si...
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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 3:8_
THE SAD EFFECTS OF YIELDING TO TEMPTATION
I. That yielding to temptation is generally followed by a sad
consciousness of physical destitution. “And th...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 3:8
AND THEY HEARD THE VOICE OF THE LORD GOD. Either
(1) the noise of his footsteps (cf. Le Genesis 26:33; Numbers 16:34;...
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Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the
LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of every tree of the garden (Genesis 3:1)?
Now...
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Genesis 4:9 Genesis 11:5 Genesis 16:8 Genesis 18:20 Genesis 18:21...
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THE CROSS IN GENESIS
Genesis 2:22; Genesis 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
If Jesus Christ, in the purposes of God, was given to die before the
world was formed, or before man was created; and if man, when h...
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THE FIRST WOMAN
Genesis 2:20; Genesis 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
When we enter into the Bible story of creation there is something that
makes it all seem so real, so definite, and so certain. Evolution...
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THE TEMPTATION
Genesis 3:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
There are some very vital questions which naturally tome to most
minds. These we will seek to answer.
1. DID GOD KNOW THAT MAN WOULD SIN WHEN HE CREATE...
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Where art thou? — This enquiry after Adam may be looked upon as a
gracious pursuit in order to his recovery. If God had not called to
him to reduce him, his condition had been as desperate as that of...