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 that God said, “Do not eat the fruit of any tree that is in the garden”?’ V2 The woman said to the sn... [ Continue Reading ]
An ordinary snake could not do what this snake did. The devil, who is called Satan, used the snake to speak to Eve. Genesis does not mention the devil, but other parts of the Bible mention him. (See Revelation 20:1-3.)... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman started by saying what God did allow. God allowed Adam and Eve to eat almost all the fruit that was in the garden. (See Genesis 2:16.) The snake said only what God did not allow (in verse 1). There was only one tree that they must not touch. But the snake mentioned that one tree and he did... [ Continue Reading ]
‘You will not die.’ It was true that they would not die immediately. But they would deserve to die. They would die unless God rescued them. And God had a plan to rescue them. God mentioned this plan in verse 15. See the comment on verse 15. Also see the comment on Genesis 2:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘You will distinguish things clearly.’ This does not mean that they would see more clearly. It means that they would know the difference between good things and evil things. V6 Then the woman saw that the fruit was good to eat. She saw that it was lovely to look at. She also thought that it would m... [ Continue Reading ]
The woman decided what was good. She should not have done that. God decides what is good. And the woman’s decision was different from what God had said. GOD ACCUSES ADAM AND EVE V8 In the evening, it was cool. Then the *Lord God walked in the garden. Adam and Eve heard him and they hid themselves... [ Continue Reading ]
Adam and Eve knew that they had done a wrong thing. Their wrong deed separated them from God. They did not want to meet God. That is why they hid themselves. But they could not hide from God. If we do a wrong thing, our wrong deed separates us from God. Then we need God to forgive us. We need to as... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Where are you?’ God knew where they were. But God said this because he wanted them to speak to him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Adam did not say, ‘I have eaten the fruit of the tree that you forbade us to eat.’ And he did not say, ‘I am sorry.’ If we do a wrong thing, we should tell God. We should tell him that we have done it. He knows already, but we should tell him. And we should tell him that we are sorry.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Have you eaten the fruit?’ God knew that they had eaten it. He knows everything that we do. But he wanted Adam and Eve to tell him what they had done. That is why he asked these questions.... [ Continue Reading ]
Adam did not want to confess what he had done. So he did not say, ‘Yes’. Instead, he tried to blame God. He said, ‘You gave to me the woman who tempted me.’... [ Continue Reading ]
‘What have you done?’ God knew what she had done. But he wanted her to confess. And he wanted her to say that she was sorry. She did confess what she had done. She tried to blame the snake. She did not say that she was sorry. V14 The *Lord God said to the snake, ‘Because you have done this, I wil... [ Continue Reading ]
The words ‘you shall eat dust’ mean that the snake will always have its head low in the dust. And everything that it eats will have dust on it.... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse seems to say that snakes would hurt people. And it seems to say that people would kill snakes. Perhaps it means that. But, if it means that, it has a more important meaning too. The devil was using the snake. (See the comment on verse 1.) So the first half of this verse means that people... [ Continue Reading ]
God intended to give good things to people. He intended to show to people how they could live well on the earth. But Adam and Eve did not obey God. They did what he had told them not to do. That spoiled God’s plans. Therefore, people would not have all the good things from God. They would not have p... [ Continue Reading ]
‘Thorns’ and ‘thistles’ are two kinds of plant. They have sharp points. One cannot eat them.... [ Continue Reading ]
‘I made you out of the dust on the ground.’ God made man’s body out of the things that he had already made. But he created man’s spirit out of nothing. (See Genesis 2:7 and the comment.) ADAM AND EVE LEAVE THE GARDEN V20 Adam’s wife was the mother of everyone who is alive. Therefore, Adam called... [ Continue Reading ]
Adam and Eve had turned themselves away from God. What they had done spoiled God’s plans. But it did not change God’s *command. God had said, ‘Have large families. Increase so that you fill the earth.’ (See Genesis 1:28.) So Eve was still the mother of everyone who would be born after this time. And... [ Continue Reading ]
When Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit, they knew something. They knew that that they had not obeyed God. They knew that this deed had separated them from God. They knew that their deed was evil. So they could distinguish good things and evil things. And the tree was truly ‘the tree that makes you di... [ Continue Reading ]
Cherubim are servants of God who live in heaven. They are greater than the *angels. LORD ~ a lord is a person who has authority. ‘The Lord’ means God. It is a translation of God’s name. The Hebrews wrote God’s name as YHWH. We may write it as Yahweh. HEBREW ~ the Hebrew people were Abraham and his d... [ Continue Reading ]