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Verse Genesis 3:7. _THE EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE OPENED_] They now had a
sufficient discovery of their sin and folly in disobeying the command
of God; they could discern between good and evil; and what...
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- Section III - The Fall
- The Fall
1. נחשׁ _nachash_ “serpent; related: hiss,” Gesenius;
“sting,” Mey. ערוּם _'ārûm_ “subtle, crafty, using
craft for defence.”
7. תפר _tāpar_ “sew, stitch, tack...
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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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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:...
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_And the eyes_, &c. The serpent's promise is fulfilled; their eyes
having been opened, they have forfeited the state of innocence of
which nakedness was symbolical, cf. Genesis 2:25. The knowledge to...
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The Fall
The serpent here disappears from the story, except for the mention of
him in the woman's words of excuse (Genesis 3:13), and in the Divine
sentence upon him (Genesis 3:14). He did not tell t...
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DISCOURSE: 5
THE FALL OF MAN
Genesis 3:6. _And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food,
and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make
one wise, she took of the fru...
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AND THE EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE OPENED, &C.— They found what the
serpent had asserted to be true, Genesis 3:5 but in a manner far
different from expectation. _Their eyes were opened,_ but not to a
view...
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PART TWELVE:
THE BEGINNING OF MORAL EVIL ON EARTH
(Genesis 3:1-8)
1. _The Generations of the Heavens and of the Earth._ We need to
recall here briefly the significance of this phrase. The term
genera...
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_AND THE EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE OPENED, AND THEY KNEW THAT THEY WERE
NAKED; AND THEY SEWED FIG LEAVES TOGETHER, AND MADE THEMSELVES
APRONS._
The eyes of them both were opened. LeClerc considers the m...
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MAN] Heb. _adam_ as in Genesis 1. AV renders the word as a proper name
frequently in Genesis 2-4; RV gives 'man' throughout except Genesis
3:17; Genesis 4:25. GROUND] Heb. _adamah._ A connexion is thu...
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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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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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THE EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE OPENED. — This consciousness of guilt
came upon them as soon as they had broken God’s commandment by
eating of the forbidden fruit; and it is evident from the narrative
that...
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וַ תִּפָּקַ֨חְנָה֙ עֵינֵ֣י
שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם וַ יֵּ֣דְע֔וּ...
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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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MAN AND WOMAN, TEMPTATION
Genesis 2:18; Genesis 3:1
Human love is God's best gift to man. Without it even Eden would not
be Paradise. That Adam was able to name the animals, affixing a title
suggeste...
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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 eyes of them both were opened, and they (g) knew that they
[were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves
aprons.
(g) They began to feel their misery, but they did not...
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And the eyes, &c. Not that they were blind before, (for the woman saw
that the tree was fair to the eyes, ver. 6.) nor yet that their eyes
were opened to any more perfect knowledge of good; but only 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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7._And the eyes of them both were opened_. It was necessary that the
eyes of Eve should be veiled till her husband also was deceived; but
now both, being alike bound by the chain of an unhappy consent...
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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 EYES OF THEM BOTH WERE OPENED,.... Not of their bodies, but of
their minds; not so as to have an advanced knowledge of things
pleasant, profitable, and useful, as was promised and expected, bu...
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And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they [were]
naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
Ver. 7. _They knew that they were naked._] Bereft of God's...
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_The eyes of them both_ Of their minds and consciences, which hitherto
had been closed and blinded by the arts of the devil; _were opened _
As Satan had promised them, although in a very different sen...
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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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The Investigation of God...
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And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
With their transgression, the eyes of the man and woman were...
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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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APRONS:
Or, things to gird about...
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6-8 Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but
downward toward the pit. 1. She saw. A great deal of sin comes in at
the eye. Let us not look on that which we are in danger of lusti...
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THE EYES OF THEM BOTH. _The eyes_ of their minds and conscience, which
hitherto had been closed and blinded by the arts of the devil, WERE
OPENED, as the devil had promised them, though in a far diffe...
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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 3:7 eyes H5869 both H8147 opened H6491 (H8735) they H1992 knew
H3045 (H8799) naked H5903 sewed...
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‘Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they knew that they
were naked, and they joined fig leaves together and made themselves
aprons.'
What a dreadful moment. Having eaten they suddenly becam...
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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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_The eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were
naked_
THE DAWN OF GUILT
I. A CONSCIOUS LOSS OF RECTITUDE. Moral nudity (Revelation 3:17).
1. They deeply felt it.
2. They sought t...
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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 3:1_
THE FIRST GREAT TEMPTATION
It is well for the military general to study the plan and the history
of great battles that have been fought in the past, i...
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EXPOSITION
GENESIS 3:1
How long the paradisiacal state of innocence and felicity continued
the historian does not declare, probably as not falling within the
scope of his immediate design. Psalms 49:...
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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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And the. Genesis 3:5 Deuteronomy 28:34 2 Kings 6:20 Luke 16:23 knew.
Genes
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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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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...