genesis 3:19 explained

His employments and enjoyments are imbittered to him. Are not his days also like the days of a hired man? Your partnership makes all we do possible. a. I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid: Sin made Adam afraid of Gods presence and afraid of Gods voice. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. 2. It speaks great encouragement to sinners, that their Saviour is the Seed of the woman, bone of our bone, Hebrews 2:11,14. The Gospels a. Historical Books God announced that Satan would wound the Messiah (you shall bruise His heel), but the Messiah would crush Satan with a mortal wound (He shall bruise your head). Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point He turned aside quickly. In toil you shall eat of it He did not disclose his design at first, but he put a question which seemed innocent. The way God came to Adam and Eve is a model of how He comes to lost and fallen humanity ever since. ii. i. But God made them coats of skin, large, strong, durable, and fit for them: such is the righteousness of Christ; therefore put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ. It is difficult for women in Christian lands to realize the miseries of their hundreds of millions of sisters in pagan lands, where the lot of women is little above that of cattle. a. In her mind, she thought she was doing something good for herself. She saw. Perhaps Satan made the voice supernaturally seem to come forth from the serpent, or perhaps Satan communicated this to Eve in her thoughts. It was Eve's weakness to enter into this talk with the serpent: she might have perceived by his question, that he had no good design, and should therefore have started back. Ezekiel 28 tells us Satan, before his fall, was an angel of the highest rank and prominence, even something of a leader of worship in heaven. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. It would not be until the cool of the day (Genesis 3:8) when God would normally come to them. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. ii. No marvel that they became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. Prophets g. He shall bruise your head: For God to see the defeat of Satan at Satans first flush of victory shows God knew what He was doing all along. He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. Because of the curse, Eve would have to fight a desire to master her husband, a desire that works against Gods ordained order for the home. It has been a sort of speculative opinion that the creature either had wings, or was able to move without creeping upon the earth as it now does. (Spurgeon). It has been observed that women bring forth children with more pain than just about any other creature. iii. ii. 2. Our first parents were shut out from the privileges of their state of innocency, yet they were not left to despair. Anthony Robbins, motivational guru and king of late-night infomercials, consulted with President Clinton at Camp David. In contrast, we should be like Jesus, who came as a servant (Matthew 20:28). Genesis 4. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him (John 1:18); and no man has ever seen God in the Person of the Father (1 Timothy 6:16). (Genesis 3:6) Adam and Eve both disobey God in their own way. The curse of death shows that the result of Adams sin extended to the entire human race. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Johannine Writings Cool of the day is literally the breeze of the day. From Hebrew geography and culture, we might guess this means late afternoon or early evening. i. Did sorrow come in with sin? His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. Johannine Writings Web19 By the sweat of your brow. You are cursed more than all cattle, But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. i. It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. The devil, as he is a liar, so he is a scoffer from the beginning; and scoffers are his children. All Rights Reserved. Fig leaves have something of a prickly quality, which would make for some pretty itchy coverings. He did a poor job of relating to his wife the word God gave him. Like a servant who earnestly desires the shade, and like a hired man who eagerly looks for his wages (Job 7:1-2). This gracious revelation of a Saviour came unasked, and unlooked for. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. d. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you: The idea is to contrast the womans desire and the husbands rule over her. i. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. We are so used to saying Adam and Eve that we assume she already had her name. Adam and Eve were clothed with a garment that was purchased with the life of another. Despite that, Adam and Eve needed only a bit of prompting from a talking serpent to Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. a. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. The beasts, from whose skins they were clothed, it is supposed were slain, not for man's food, but for sacrifice, to typify Christ, the great Sacrifice. Rather bless him that ever he should have consecrated the thorns by wearing them for his diadem (Spurgeon). Poetical Books c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. And I will put enmity e. The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate: Adams attempt to blame Eve is completely consistent with human nature. Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. iii. Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. c. Where are you? She was not a mother at all, but as the life was to come through her by virtue of the promised seed, Adam marks his full conviction of the truth of the promise though at the time the woman had borne no children. (Spurgeon). The creature that tempted Eve became a serpent as a result of Gods judgment on it, and it went slithering away into the bushes. (Boice), ii. So he said, I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, Who told you that you were naked? General Epistles 2023 Christianity.com. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. Eve was responsible. If sinners will but consider where they are, they will not rest till they return to God. conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy i. 1. If Satan doesnt couple it with some truth, there is little power in his temptation. i. Satan can only effectively work when he has established a foothold. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! ii. Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. Perhaps there is a note of sarcasm by God here (as Elijah used in 1 Kings 18:27), regarding Satans empty promise to become like gods. It is the craft of Satan to speak of the Divine law as uncertain or unreasonable, and so to draw people to sin; it is our wisdom to keep up a firm belief of God's command, and a high respect for it. We will see Adam and Eve in heaven. b. b. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. WebGenesis 3 tells the story of paradise lost by the willfulness of human sin. The New Testament 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. 5. Prophets But though Satan's subtlety may draw us into sin, yet it will not justify us in sin. Therefore, He forbids you to eat of it, lest you create other worlds Hurry now and eat the fruit of the tree in the midst of the garden, and become independent of God, lest He bring forth still other creatures that will rule over you (Ginzberg). Web3. c. In the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened: Satans temptation was all the more powerful because there was truth in it. Chapter 3. Major Prophets Pentateuch Pauline Epistles And it was only true in Eves mind that the tree was desirable to make one wise. Now the curse on Eve makes it much harder for her to submit and flow with Gods institution of male headship in the home. iv. If Adam would have sinned first, and if he had then given the fruit to Eve, she might have a partial excuse before God: I was simply obeying the head of our home. There is often nothing you can do about yesterdays sin (though in some cases you may be able to make restitution). They have more care to save their credit before men, than to obtain their pardon from God. Pentateuch We simply and strongly tell him, The Lord rebuke you! (Jude 9). A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. They that would not eat the forbidden fruit, must not come near the forbidden tree. Of course, it was a good idea to completely avoid the temptation; no good could come from massaging the fruit youre not supposed to eat. When too late, Adam and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? Believe this (Spurgeon). Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil: The idea behind this phrase is difficult to understand. This same word for desire is used in Genesis 4:7 of the desire of sin to master over Cain. The stronger ones in a chain must expect an attack against weaker links and support them against those attacks. The question was meant to arouse Adams sense of being lost. iii. However, Lots wife glances back, and she is turned into a pillar of salt. See her what dishonour and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroys all comfort. Many other passages associate a serpent or a snake-like creature with Satan (such as Job 26:13 and Isaiah 51:9). Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. Did thorns come in with sin? Satans hatred of Eve was nothing new; it was already present but now man will, generally speaking, have antagonism towards Satan. And Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. b. Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. No condition will of itself bring content, unless the mind be brought to it.