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Verse Genesis 3:6. _THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD_]
1. The fruit appeared to be wholesome and nutritive. _And that it_ was
_pleasant to the eyes_.
2. The beauty of the fruit tended to whet and increase...
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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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WHEN THE WOMAN SAW.
She had listened to the tempter, and she now dallies with the
temptation. She looks upon the forbidden fruit, and considers the
advantages from taking it. She saw that "it was goo...
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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...
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_And when the woman_ The woman's attention has been drawn to the tree.
She finds that the serpent's suggestion, based on the mysterious
properties of the fruit and on the supposition of Jehovah's jeal...
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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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SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD, &C.— It is not easy to
determine how the woman could discover this, unless by supposing, as
we have done in a note above, that she saw the serpent eat of it, and
t...
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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 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 FRUIT THEREOF, AND DID EAT, AND GAVE ALSO UNTO...
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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 t...
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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 תֵּ֣רֶא הָֽ אִשָּׁ֡ה כִּ֣י טֹוב֩ הָ
עֵ֨ץ לְ מַאֲכָ֜ל וְ כִ֧י תַֽאֲוָה
־ה֣וּא...
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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....
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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 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 fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also...
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Woman saw, or gazed on with desire and fond dalliance. (Menochius) ---
Consulting only her senses, which represented the fruit to her as very
desirable, and caused her to give credit to the devil's in...
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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 fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto...
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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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6._And when the woman saw _This impure look of Eve, infected with the
poison of concupiscence, was both the messenger and the witness of an
impure heart. She could previously behold the tree with such...
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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 WHEN THE WOMAN SAW THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD,.... She being
near the tree, and perhaps just at it when the serpent first attacked
her; wherefore looking more wishfully at it, she could disce...
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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 fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also...
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_When the woman saw_, (or perceived) But how? Certainly by believing
Satan and disbelieving God. Here we see what her parley with the
tempter ended in; Satan, at length, gains his point; God permittin...
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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 Temptation and Fall...
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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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PLEASANT:
_ Heb._ a desire...
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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 WOMAN SAW; by curious and accurate observation, and gazing upon
it, or perceiving it by the serpent's discourse, as was observed on
GENESIS 3:3. PLEASANT TO THE EYES, to wit, in an eminent degree;...
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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 3:6 woman H802 saw H7200 (H8799) tree H6086 good H2896 food
H3978 it H1931 pleasant H8378 eyes H5869 tree H6086 desirable H2530
(H8737) wise H7919 (H8687) took H3947 (H8799) fruit H6529 ate H3...
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‘So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was
a delight to the eyes and that the tree was to be desired to make one
wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to...
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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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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 al...
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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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_Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field_
THE FIRST GREAT TEMPTATION
I. THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS FREQUENTLY TEMPTED BY A DIRE FOE OF UNUSUAL
SUBTLETY.
1. The tempter of human soul...
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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,...
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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)?
No...
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saw. Joshua 7:21 Judges 16:1 Judges 16:2 pleasant. Heb. a desire.
Ezekiel 24:16 Ezekiel 24:21 Ezekiel 24:25 to the eyes. Genesis 6:2
Genesis 39:7 Joshua 7:21...
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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 CREAT...
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Here we see what Eve's parley with the tempter ended in: Satan at
length gains his point. God tried the obedience of our first parents
by forbidding them the tree of knowledge, and Satan doth as it we...