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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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THE SERPENT. See note on Genesis 3:1 and App-19. and compare 2
Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 11:14....
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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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_The serpent beguiled me_ The woman, in answer to the direct and
piercing question, lays the blame upon the serpent. For the word
"beguiled," cf. 2 Corinthians 11:3. See St Paul's use of the passage
i...
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DISCOURSE: 6
EXCUSES MADE BY OUR FIRST PARENTS, AFTER THEIR FALL
Genesis 3:11. Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee
that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou
g...
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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 HE SAID, I HEARD THY VOICE IN THE GARDEN, AND I WAS AFRAID,
BECAUSE I WAS NAKED; AND I HID MYSELF._
It is probable, as Kennicott suggests, that God had called more than
once, or that the sound of...
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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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‘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 no...
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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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SHE GAVE ME... — There is again in Adam the same passiveness which
we noticed on Genesis 3:6. He has little sense of responsibility, and
no feeling that he had a duty towards Eve, and ought to have wa...
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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 יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָ †
אִשָּׁ֖ה...
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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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And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast
done? And the woman said, (l) The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
(l) Instead of confessing her sin, she increases it by accu...
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_The serpent, which thou hast made so cunning, and placed with us,
deceived me. God deigns not to answer their frivolous excuses.
(Menochius)_...
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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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_THE EXCUSE OF THE TEMPTED_
‘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.’
Genesis 3:13
I. THE RECORD BEFORE U...
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13._And the Lord God said unto the woman_. God contends no further
with the man, nor was it necessary; for he aggravates rather than
diminishes his crime, first by a frivolous defense, then by an impi...
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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 SAID UNTO THE WOMAN,.... Who was first in the
transgression, and drew her husband into it, and upon whom he
seemingly casts the blame of his eating the forbidden fruit:
WHAT IS THIS...
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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.
Ver. 13. _And the woman said, The serpent._] Thus the flesh nev...
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_What is this thou hast done_? Wilt thou own thy fault? Neither of
them does this fully. Adam lays all the blame on his wife; nay,
tacitly, on God. _The woman whom thou gavest to be with me_ as my
com...
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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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And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast
done? It is a call full of reproach: Wherefore hast thou done this?
What a terrible thing to do! How couldst thou be so forgetful of t...
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The Investigation of God...
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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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How heinous a crime hast thou committed! What a world of mischief hast
thou by this one act brought upon thyself and all thy posterity? Or,
why hast thou done this? What causes or motives couldst thou...
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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 3:13 A
‘Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have
done?” '
Only God really knew the answer to that question as He looked down the
suffering of the ages, and saw finally...
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Genesis 3:13
I. The record before us is the history of the first sin. It needed no
revelation to tell us that sin is, that mankind is sinful. Without,
within, around, and inside us, is the fact, the e...
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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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_What is this that thou hast done?_
THE GENERAL RESULTS OF THE FALL
I. ETERNAL ENMITY BETWEEN SATAN AND HUMANITY (Genesis 3:14).
1. This curse was uttered in reference to Satan.
2. This address is...
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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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_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 3:13_
THE GENERAL RESULTS OF THE FALL OF OUR FIRST PARENTS
I. The result of the fall of our first parents is an eternal enmity
between Satan and humanity....
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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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What. Genesis 4:10 Genesis 44:15 1 Samuel 13:11 2 Samuel 3:24...
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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 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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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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What is this that thou hast done? — Wilt thou own thy fault? Neither
of them does this fully. Adam lays all the blame upon his wife: She
gave me of the tree — Nay, he not only lays the blame upon his...