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Verse Genesis 3:22. _BEHOLD, THE MAN IS BECOME AS ONE OF US_] On all
hands this text is allowed to be difficult, and the difficulty is
increased by our translation, which is opposed to the original H...
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- XVII. The Execution
24. כרוּב _kerûb_ ברך in Aramaic: “carve, plow”;
Persian: “grip, grasp.” This word occurs about eighty-seven times
in the Hebrew scriptures; in sixty of which it refers to carve...
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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 Expulsion from the Garden
22. _as one of us_ It is not stated to whom Jehovah addresses these
words. Two explanations are possible. Either (1) He speaks to the
Heavenly Beings by whom the throne o...
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DISCOURSE: 8
THE WAY OF SALVATION ILLUSTRATED TO OUR FIRST PARENTS
Genesis 3:21. Unto Adam also, and to his wife, did the Lord God make
coats of skins, and clothed them. And the Lord God said, Behold,...
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THE LORD GOD SAID, BEHOLD, THE MAN, &C.— The phrase of knowing good
and evil imports general knowledge. We find it so applied in other
parts of scripture, The woman of Tekoah says to David, 2 Samuel 1...
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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 SAID, BEHOLD, THE MAN IS BECOME AS ONE OF US, TO
KNOW GOOD AND EVIL: AND NOW, LEST HE PUT FORTH HIS HAND, AND TAKE ALSO
OF THE TREE OF LIFE, AND EAT, AND LIVE FOR EVER:_
Behold, the...
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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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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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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 th...
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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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AS ONE OF US. — See Note on Genesis 1:26. By the fall man had sunk
morally, but grown mentally. He had asserted his independence, had
exercised the right of choosing for himself, and had attained to a...
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וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֗ים הֵ֤ן
הָֽ אָדָ
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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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OFFERINGS BY CAIN AND ABEL
Genesis 3:22; Genesis 4:1
It was good that man should be driven from Eden. Soft comfort
enervates. The natives of the South Sea Islands are moral pulp. Man
goes forth from...
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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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And the LORD God said, (x) Behold, the man is become as one of us, to
know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and (y) take
also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
(x) B...
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Behold Adam, &c. This was spoken by way of reproaching him with his
pride, in affecting a knowledge that might make him like to God.
(Challoner) --- "These are the words of God, not insulting over man...
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So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep
the way of the tree of life.
Numbers 22:23. While the view of th...
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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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22._Behold, the man is become as one of us _(214) An ironical reproof,
by which God would not only prick the heart of man, but pierce it
through and through. He does not, however, cruelly triumph over...
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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,.... The Word of the Lord God, as the Jerusalem
Targum; not to the ministering angels, as the Targum of Jonathan but
within himself, or to the other two divine Persons:
BEHOLD,...
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And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Ver. 22. _The...
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Gen. 3:22-24
Gen. 3:22-24. See note on Genesis 2:9....
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_The Lord God said_ In his own eternal mind: _Behold, the man is
become as one of us_ See what he has got, what advantages, by eating
forbidden fruit! This is said to humble them, and to bring them to...
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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, Behold, the man is become as one of Us to know
good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of
the tree of life, and eat, and live forever,...
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Man Driven Out of paradise...
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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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22-24 God bid man go out; told him he should no longer occupy and
enjoy that garden: but man liked the place, and was unwilling to leave
it, therefore God made him go out. This signified the shutting...
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THE LORD GOD SAID, either within himself, or to the other persons of
the Godhead, Adam and Eve both are become such according to the
devil's promise, and their own expectation. This is a holy irony, o...
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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 3:22 LORD H3068 God H430 said H559 (H8799) Behold H2005 man
H120 one H259 know H3045 ...
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‘Then the Lord God said, “Look, the man has become like one of us
knowing good and evil, and now, to prevent him from reaching out and
taking also of the tree of life so that he might eat and live for...
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Genesis 3:22
The temptation under which man fell in paradise was an ambitious
curiosity after knowledge which was not allowed him; next came the
desire of the eyes and the flesh; but the forbidden tre...
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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 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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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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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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_Behold, the man is become as one of Us, to know good and evil_
MAN’S GAIN THROUGH LOSS
I. Consider SOME OF THE EFFECTS OF THE FALL, as they are suggested in
the statements of this narrative. You ha...
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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 3:22 God begins a sentence in v. Genesis
3:22 and breaks off without finishing it. For the man to eat of the
TREE OF LIFE and thus...
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CRITICAL NOTES.—
Genesis 3:24. Cherubims.] The final “s” is superfluous: the word
should be either “cherubim,” or, what comes to the same thing,
“cherubs.” It is of much more consequence to know and r...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 3:20
Arraigned, convicted, judged, the guilty but pardoned pair prepare to
leave their garden home—the woman to begin her experience of sorrow,
dependence, and subjection; the man...
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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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as one. Genesis 3:5 Genesis 1:26 Genesis 11:6 Genesis 11:7 Isaiah
19:12...
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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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Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil — See
what he has got, what advantages, by eating forbidden fruit! This is
said to humble them, and to bring them to a sense of their sin...