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Verse Genesis 3:15. _I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THE WOMAN_]
This has been generally supposed to apply to a certain enmity
subsisting between men and serpents; but this is rather a fancy than...
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- XVI. The Judgment
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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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 Septua...
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_and I will put enmity_ The first meaning of this sentence refers to
the instinctive antipathy of mankind towards the serpent, and the
frequently deadly character of the wounds inflicted by serpents u...
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The Sentence
14. _cursed art thou_ The word "cursed" is only used in addressing the
serpent, as the originator of the temptation, and in reference to "the
ground" as the sphere of man's penalty (Gene...
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DISCOURSE: 7
THE SEED OF THE WOMAN
Genesis 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._
THIS was...
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AND I WILL PUT ENMITY, &C.— If it be evident, that the former part
of this sentence principally refers to the natural serpent; it seems
no less so, that the latter part refers principally to the spiri...
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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 UNTO THE SERPENT, BECAUSE THOU HAST DONE THIS,
THOU ART CURSED ABOVE ALL CATTLE, AND ABOVE EVERY BEAST OF THE FIELD;
UPON THY BELLY SHALT THOU GO, AND DUST SHALT THOU EAT ALL TH...
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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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DRESS] i.e. cultivate. KEEP] i.e. protect (from the beasts)....
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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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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...
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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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UNTO THE SERPENT. — As the serpent had tempted our first parents
purposely and consciously in order to lead them into sin, he stood
there without excuse, and received a threefold penalty. The outward...
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וְ אֵיבָ֣ה ׀ אָשִׁ֗ית בֵּֽינְךָ֙ וּ
בֵ֣ין הָֽ
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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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She shall crush. Ipsa, the woman: so divers of the fathers read this
place, conformably to the Latin: others read it ipsum, viz. the seed.
The sense is the same: for it is by her seed, Jesus Christ, t...
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And 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.
Revelation 12:7; Hebrews 2:14; Isaiah 53:10;...
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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 EARLIEST GOSPEL_
‘I will put enmity between thee and the woman,’ etc.
Genesis 3:15
I. THE FIRST TIME PROPHECY OPENED HER LIPS, IT WAS TO PRONOUNCE THESE
WORDS. To our first parents they were f...
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15._I will put enmity_. I interpret this simply to mean that there
should always be the hostile strife between the human race and
serpents, which is now apparent; for, by a secret feeling of nature,
m...
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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 I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THE WOMAN,.... Between whom
there had been so much familiarity, not only while they had the
preceding discourse together, but before; for it is conjectured by
so...
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And 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.
Ver. 15. _And I will put enmity._] Instead of that amity...
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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 d...
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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 th...
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_I will put enmity_, &c. The whole race of serpents are, of all
creatures, the most disagreeable and terrible to mankind, and
especially to women: but the devil, who seduced the woman, and his
angels,...
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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 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. What was a curse for the serpent and for the devil, who ha...
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The Curse 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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14,15 God passes sentence; and he begins where the sin began, with
the serpent. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's
punishments. Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced t...
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Vers. 15. Though now ye be sworn friends, leagued together against me,
I WILL PUT ENMITY BETWEEN THEE AND THE WOMAN; and the man too, but the
woman alone is mentioned, for the devil's greater confusio...
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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 3:15 put H7896 (H8799) enmity H342 woman H802 seed H2233 Seed
H2233 bruise H7779 (H8799) head...
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‘And the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you have done this,
cursed are you beyond all cattle, and beyond all wild animals. On your
belly you will go, and dust will you eat all the days of your l...
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THOU SHALT BRUISE HIS HEEL
The chain of references which begins here includes the promises and
prophecies concerning Christ which were fulfilled in His birth and
works at His first advent. See, for l...
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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 3:15
I. The first intention of the work of Christ upon this earth is a
declaration of war: His warfare and our warfare; the warfare of
persons and the warfare of "seeds"; of the two great pri...
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Genesis 3:14
Several important difficulties suggest themselves in the text.
I. The scientific difficulty. The serpent really bears no trace of
degradation; its structure is as beautifully adapted to...
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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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_I will put enmity between thee and the woman_
THE BELIEVER’S CONFLICT WITH SATAN
I. THAT THERE IS A CONTINUAL CONFLICT BETWEEN SATAN AND EVERY BELIEVER
IN JESUS CHRIST, WHOM HE REPRESENTED IN THE F...
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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 3:14 The serpent is punished for tempting
the woman. It will live in ongoing hostility with the woman, which
will be carried on by their respective OFFSPRING....
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GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 3:15 This verse is usually understood as
pointing forward to the defeat of the serpent by the OFFSPRING (that
is, a descendant) of the woman. For this reason, it has been label...
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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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enmity. Numbers 21:6 Numbers 21:7 Amos 9:3 Mark 16:18 Luke 10:19...
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THE CURSE AND THE CURE
Genesis 3:14
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. We have for today a curse without a cure. When God spoke to the
serpent He pronounced a curse upon him, which neither in the Garden,
nor su...
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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 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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And I will put enmity between thee and the woman — The inferior
creatures being made for man, it was a curse upon any of them to be
turned against man, and man against them. And this is part of the
se...