SERPENT. Hebrew. _Nachash,_. shining one. See note on Numbers 21:6; Numbers 21:9. The old serpent (2 Corinthians 11:3) transformed as "an angel of light" (=. glorious angel, 2 Corinthians 11:14). Compare Ezekiel 28:14; Ezekiel 28:17, connected with "cherub" (Ezekiel 28:13;... [ Continue Reading ]
MAY EAT. Misquoted from Genesis 2:16 by not repeating the emphatic Figure _Polyptoton_, and thus omitting the emph. "freely".... [ Continue Reading ]
NEITHER SHALL YE TOUCH IT. This sentence is added. Compare Genesis 2:18; Genesis 2:17. There is another word in this verse we need to consider, and it is the word "touch". God's command to Eve was; "neither shall ye touch it. "The Hebrew word for "touch" is. H5060 in the Strong's dictionary is (_Nag... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL NOT SURELY DIE. Satan's second utterance. Contradiction of God's Word in Genesis 2:17. This has become the foundation of Spiritism and Traditional belief as to death. See note on Genesis 2:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
YE SHALL BE AS GODS. be as God, Hebrew. _Elohim._ This is the foundation of Satan's second lie: "The immanence of God in man. ... [ Continue Reading ]
GOOD FOR FOOD. See 1 John 2:16, "Lust of the flesh". Compare Matthew 4:3. PLEASANT TO THE EYES. See 1 John 2:16, "Lust of the eyes". Compare Matthew 4:5. MAKE ONE WISE. See 1 John 2:16, "Boastful of life". Compare Matthew 4:8. GAVE. See 1 Timothy 2:14. WITH HER. Therefore Adam present. Compare "Y... [ Continue Reading ]
KNEW. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subj.) App-6. They knew before, but their knowledge now received. new meaning. Adam becomes "naked" by losing something of _Elohim's_ glorious likeness. Romans 8:3 may refer to this. FIG LEAVES. The man-made covering contrasted, in the structure, with the God-m... [ Continue Reading ]
VOICE. sound. (Ecclesiastes 7:6. crackling.) Here. footsteps, as in 2 Samuel 5:24; 1 Kings 14:6; 2 Kings 6:32. COOL. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. HID THEMSELVES. No "quest for God" in fallen man. Compare Genesis 4:14.Luke 15:13.Ephesians 2:13.Jeremiah 23:24.... [ Continue Reading ]
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).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MAN. Hebrew. _Ha 'adham =_ the man Adam. App-14. THE WOMAN. Characteristic of fallen man (Job 31:33. hence Deuteronomy 13:6). THOU GAVEST. Implying blame to Jehovah as well as to his wife.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SERPENT. See note on Genesis 3:1 and App-19. and compare 2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Corinthians 11:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. God asks the serpent no question. There is no parley. Sentence at once pronounced. UPON THY BELLY, &C. Figure of speech. See App-19. The words imply the utmost humiliation, as in Psalms 44:25. DUST, &C. Figure of speech of utter defeat, as in Psalms 72:9. See App-19.... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. i.e. Christ. The corruption of this in the Vulgate into "she" lies at the root of Mariolatry: the verb in singular. Masculine shows that _zer'a_ (seed) is here to be taken in singular, with Septuagint, i.e. _Christ_. see note on Genesis 17:7; Genesis 21:12, and Galatians 1:3; Galatians 1:16. HEA... [ Continue Reading ]
GREATLY MULTIPLY. Hebrew "multiplying. will multiply". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. Emph. Preserved in word "greatly". Compare Genesis 3:4, and see note on Genesis 26:28. IN SORROW. Compare 1 Timothy 2:14; 1 Timothy 2:15. CHILDREN. Hebrew. sons; but daughters included by context. TO. subject to... [ Continue Reading ]
CURSED. Nature affected. Romans 8:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THORNS. The sign of the curse. What else was brought forth is not stated; but the word may include all kinds of noxious insects, &c, as well as poisonous weeds. It was. crown of "Thorns" that drew the first blood from our Lord. FIELD. Not the fruit of Paradise.... [ Continue Reading ]
FACE. whole body. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part). App-6. BREAD. all kinds of food. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species). DUST. This is literal. See Genesis 2:7; Psalms 103:14.Ecclesiastes 12:7; 1 Corinthians 15:47. Note the emph. by _Introversion_. return.. it. (dust).. dust.. retur... [ Continue Reading ]
EVE. Hebrew. _Chavvah. Life, Life-spring._ Showing that he believed God. _The name_ "Eve" occurs. times: here; Gen 4:1. 2 Corinthians 11:3. and 1 Timothy 2:13. ALL. all who should live after her. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Genus).... [ Continue Reading ]
COATS. Compare the structure of Genesis 3; Genesis 3:7. OF SKINS. skin. Omitted in the Codex "Severus" See App-34.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6). MAN. Hebrew the man, Adam. GOOD. Hebrew. _tov_. general good. Compare Genesis 1:4; Genesis 1:10; Genesis 1:12; Genesis 1:18; Genesis 1:21; Genesis 1:25; Genesis 6:2.Deuteronomy 1:25;... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE: the object is self-evident.... [ Continue Reading ]
DROVE OUT. Note the failure of man under every dispensation. PLACED. Heb _shakan, to place in. tabernacle,_ hence _to dwell._ The Cherubim placed later in the tents of Shem, Genesis 9:26; Genesis 9:27. Compare Genesis 4:3; Genesis 4:7; Genesis 4:14; Genesis 4:16. CHERUBIM. See App-41. 1 Samuel 4:4. [ Continue Reading ]