Gen. 3, at the beginning. "_ Now the serpent was more subtle_," etc. What is an argument _ex posteriori_ of the devil's having assumed the form of a serpent in his temptation of our first parents, is the pride he has ever since taken of being worshipped under that form, to insult, as it were, and tr... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 3:14. "Upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life." This doubtless has respect not only to the beast that the devil made use of as his instrument, but to the devil, that old serpent, to whom God is speaking, chiefly as is evident by the words immediately foll... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 3:15. "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Here the pronoun "he," the verb "bruise," and the affix "his" are all of the singular number, as Bedford observes in p. 166 of his "Scripture Chrono... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 3:20. "And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living." What Adam in this has respect to, doubtless is that which God had signified in the 15th verse, _viz. _ that Eve was to be the mother of that Seed that was to bruise the head of the serpent, the grand enemy of... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 3:21. "Coat of _skins._ " Our first parents, who were become naked, were clothed at the expense of life. Beasts were slain, and resigned up their lives to afford them clothing to cover their nakedness. The skin signifies the life, as in Job 2:4 - "Skin for skin" - _i.e., _ life for life. These... [ Continue Reading ]
Gen. 3:22-24 Gen. 3:22-24. See note on Genesis 2:9.... [ Continue Reading ]