Clothes came in with sin. WebGenesis 3:19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. King (Genesis 3:2-3) Eves reply to the serpent. Now the creature Satan used to tempt Eve would be a low, groveling creature. Let us not look on that which we are in danger of lusting after, Romans 5:19; disobedience to a plain, easy, and express command. Luke-Acts Thus is the plaster as wide as the wound. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread WebGenesis 3:19 Clarke's Commentary. But while the heel is bruised on earth, the Head is in heaven. We can almost picture Adam telling Eve, See that tree in the middle of the garden? WebGenesis 19. iii. 1. Read full chapter. In her mind, she thought she was doing something good for herself. Instinctively, we dont serve God or Satan; we serve ourselves (which is fine with Satan). That Satan has power to enter into living bodies is clear, for he did so upon a very large scale with regard to men in the days of Christ Being compelled to have an embodiment, the master evil spirit perceived the serpent to be at that time among the most subtle of all creatures; and therefore he entered into the serpent as feeling that he would be most at home in that animal (Spurgeon). His main lie to us is sin is not bad, and God is not good., iv. There is now a natural fear of Satan in the heart of man. Those who are willing to take the pleasure and profit of sin, are backward to take the blame and shame of it. We read of the travail of Christ's soul, Galatians 3:13. He was to live; the ground was to bring forth enough of the herb of the field for him to continue to exist. God placed a natural animosity between Satan and mankind. i. And let those that are finely clad, learn not to make the putting on of apparel their adorning. There are many temptations to which being alone gives great advantage; but the communion of saints tends very much to their strength and safety. Sin brought death into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. i. Eve does not seem to know the name of this tree; she only calls it the tree in the midst of the garden, instead of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17). We cant outsmart Satan, but we can overcome him with the power of Jesus. It is sin to exchange the truth of God for the lie (Romans 1:25). Web2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, i. But man was only sent to till the ground out of which he was taken. In an echo of the flood story, God destroys Sodom for the wickedness displayed earlier in the chapter. God didnt ask Satan (the being animating the serpent) any questions because there was nothing to teach him. i. Jewish rabbis embellished on Satans temptation to Eve: Nothing but malice has prompted Gods command, because as soon as you eat of it, you will be as God. Pauline Epistles ii. 3. Where the gospel has gone, the load has been lifted, and woman in Christ has become the reflection of the redeemed Church, the bride of Christ. (Barnhouse). a. Pauline Epistles In virtually all cultures, adults cover their genital areas, even though other parts of the human body may be more or less exposed from culture to culture. Pentateuch If all these people were brought together in a church-like organization, it would be the third largest religious denomination in America. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.. i. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point b. Matthew Henrys Bible Commentary (concise), Matthew Henry Bible Commentary (complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Adam, being the head, is the problem here. (Read Genesis 3:16-19) The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in WebCommentary on Genesis 3:16-19. (Genesis 3:21) God clothes Adam and Eve in the skins of animals. 2023 Christianity.com. WebThe temptation from the serpent. You will not surely die: Satan effectively laid the groundwork. When Adam and Eve saw their nakedness and felt terrible about it, it didnt feel good but it was good. Who then can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? 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. 6. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. First, she gave in to the lust of the flesh (saw that it was good for food), then she gave in to the lust of the eyes (pleasant to the eyes), then she gave in to the pride of life (desirable to make one wise). The womans desire is to control her husband (to usurp his divinely appointed headship), and he must master her, if he can. The serpent deceived me, and I ate: When confronted by God, Eve didnt necessarily shift the blame when she admitted the serpent deceived her and then she ate. Adam even blames God. Our use of these terms is not merely cultural, it is Biblical. It may be that Adam and Eve were previously clothed in Gods glorious light, and the immediate loss of this covering of light left them feeling exposed and naked. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. We are clothed with a garment of righteousness that was purchased with the life of another, Jesus Christ. i. His habitation is cursed. Major Prophets Has God said, Ye shall not lie, nor take his name in vain, nor be drunk, &c.? Minor Prophets He promises advantage from their eating this fruit. 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. The tree was not really good for food, though Eve was deceived into thinking it was so. i. He quoted the command wrong. Under the cover of the serpent, the devil is sentenced to be degraded and accursed of God; detested and abhorred of all mankind: also to be destroyed and ruined at last by the great Redeemer, signified by the breaking of his head. (Genesis 3:14-15) Gods curse upon the serpent. 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). Men know not that they shall die, even though they confess it with their lips almost daily. Gods plan wasnt defeated when Adam and Eve sinned because Gods plan was to bring forth something greater than man in the innocence of Eden. In all probability the reptile called the serpent was a nobler creature before the Fall than now. Johannine Writings The representation of Satan as a serpent makes the idea of Moses saving Israel by lifting up a bronze serpent all the more provocative (Numbers 21:8-9), especially when Jesus identifies Himself with that very serpent (John 3:14). ii. i. Genesis 4. ii. He sweat for us, as it had been great drops of blood. (1-5) Adam and Eve transgress the Divine command, and fall into sin and misery. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. This may well be true, but it makes Adams sin not one bit less rebellious. i. Significantly, if there is any blame, it is on Adam, not Eve. In response, God issues three individual ''curses'' which affect humanity to this day. in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate, I will put enmity between you and the woman, You shall eat dust all the days of your life, Enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed, He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel, Your sorrow and your conception; in pain you shall bring forth children, Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you, Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, Dust you are, and to dust you shall return, The LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil, And take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever, The LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden, He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, David Guzik :: 1 Corintios 7 Principios Sobre el Matrimonio y la Soltera, David Guzik :: 1 Juan 2 Impedimentos para una comunin con Dios, David Guzik :: Gnesis 3 La tentacin y cada del hombre, David Guzik :: Gnesis 2 La CreacinTerminada; Adn en el Jardn del Edn, Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus and the Holy Trinity (Walter Martin), 1 Samuel 1-10 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Genesis 15-18 (1979-82 Audio) (Chuck Smith), Third Person of the Trinity (Chuck Smith). Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. It was true your eyes will be opened, and this was fulfilled (Genesis 3:7). (20,21) Adam and Eve are driven out from paradise. It was the ground that was cursed due to Adam's sin, so that he had to toil by the sweat of his brow throughout this earthly life to provide what was originally bestowed in plentiful supply. Adam and Eve made for themselves aprons of fig-leaves, a covering too narrow for them to wrap themselves in, Isaiah 28:20. Eve tried to become a god by rebelling against God. Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. d. Then the man said: Notice that to this point, God has not addressed Eve at all. It is by the deceitfulness of sin the heart is hardened. This was their holy of holies. Therefore, it was important to send cherubim and a flaming sword to guard the way to the tree of life. Our first parents were shut out from the privileges of their state of innocency, yet they were not left to despair. i. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select an Ending Point A woman gains more of her identity from her husband than the man does from the wife. Mankind can no longer stay in the ''very good'' garden, and is banished. Though he is the tempter, we are the sinners. Humanity was originally given every perfect thing they could need or want, and virtually no restrictions. It is the history of Sodom's ruin, and Lot's rescue from that ruin. Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth? 5. You were made from Revelation 12:9 and 20:2 speak of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan. And to dust you shall return.. They didnt proudly show off their fig-leaf outfits; they knew their own covering was completely inadequate, and they were embarrassed before God. i. As He creates and destroys worlds, so will you have the power to create and destroy. The Whole Bible WebGenesis 3:19 New International Version 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust WebAlthough death was the fruit of Adam's sin, it was by God's grace that His curse did not fall upon Adam. Now he moves in for the kill, with an outright contradiction of what God said. This shows how remarkable it is that Jesus could say, Satan has nothing in Me (John 14:30). He shall bruise your head, Some creature had to die in order to provide them with garments, and you know who it is that died in order that we might be robed in his spotless righteousness. Satan wants us to see sin as something good that a bad God doesnt want us to have. He tempts them to seek preferment, as if they were fit to be gods. I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. ii. c. She took of its fruit and ate: Satan could tempt Eve, but she didnt have to take it. Minor Prophets Poetical Books General Epistles The contents of this chapter we have, 2 Pet 2 6-8, where we find that "God, turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, and delivered just Lot." God has a covering for His people (Isaiah 61:10), and the exhortation from Jesus is for us: Behold, I am coming as a thief. Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? Their eyes were opened, they did know good and evil, but not as gods. By saying the woman whom You gave to be with me, Adam essentially blamed God for the sin saying, You gave me the woman, and she is the problem. Adam wasnt content to blame Eve; he had to blame God also. Email / username or password was incorrect! 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. b. Because you have done this, Charles Spurgeon thought the sense was, in the wind of the evening, when the evening breeze was blowing through the garden. But in our desire to be gods, we become like Satan. God came to them personally, addressing Adam and Eve directly. If this is true, it wasnt so strange to Eve that an angelic being might appear to her in the form of a beautiful pre-curse serpent. If Satan doesnt couple it with some truth, there is little power in his temptation. Pentateuch The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. b. Tunics of skin: In order for Adam and Eve to be clothed, a sacrifice had to be made. In 1995, New Age influence made it all the way to the White House. i. a. Man's food shall become unpleasant to him. All the days of your life. Because of Adam: ii. And between your seed and her Seed; Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. i. Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlasting contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. i. God confronted Adams problem squarely. WebGenesis 3:14-19. The Gospels (Genesis 3:8-9) Adam and Eve hide from God; God calls out to them. Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? He did a poor job of relating to his wife the word God gave him. Because of this sin, posterity has been cursed with overwhelming toil just to stay ahead, paradoxically for our ultimate benefit. iv. As He does kill and revive, so will you have the power to kill and revive. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.. Every attempt to cover our own nakedness before God is just as foolish. Gods judgment on Satan is for him to always know defeat. a. i. Major Prophets WebGenesis 3:17. 2. Demonic spirits evidently have the ability, under certain circumstances, to indwell human or animal bodies (Luke 8:33). 2. ii. The heel is the part within the serpents reach. Or, perhaps the idea focuses on mans greater knowledge (though in a bad sense) now that he has the experiential knowledge of evil. This is because she did not receive the command to not eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil directly from God but through Adam (Genesis 2:15-17). Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. b. It is the common fault and folly of those that have done ill, when questioned about it, to acknowledge only that which is so manifest that they cannot deny it. b. The friendship Eve and the serpent seemed to enjoy earlier in the chapter is finished. The New Age movement and the desire to be god are just as strong as ever. Prophets The woman saw that the tree was good for food: Eves perceptions were partially true and partially false. The Lord God did not ask the serpent anything, for he knew that he was a liar, but he at once pronounced sentence upon him. (Spurgeon). Adam sinned willfully, having abdicated his leadership position. Isaiah 14 tells us Satans fall had to do with his desire to be equal to or greater than God, to set his will against Gods will. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ. a. I will greatly multiply your sorrow: God first cursed the woman with multiplied sorrow. i. d. She also gave to her husband with her: Not only did Eve sin, but also she became the agent of temptation for Adam. To this point, death had been mentioned only as a threatened punishment for sin ( Genesis Perhaps Satan made the voice supernaturally seem to come forth from the serpent, or perhaps Satan communicated this to Eve in her thoughts. He turned aside quickly. General Epistles He aims to make them discontented with their present state, as if it were not so good as it might be, and should be. Web19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Little reason have we to be proud of our clothes, which are but the badges of our shame. The serpent deceives Eve. Who told you that you were naked? Genesis 3:19 in all English translations. 2. Did death come in with sin? WebChapter 3. All Rights Reserved. ii. It reminded them they were not God, that God had a legitimate claim to their obedience, and that they were responsible to Him. When men deny the Scriptures and the truth of God, they always go to work in an underhand, mean, and serpentine style: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. If guilty man begins to plot for his own advantage, scheme for his own glory, and aim at perverting the truth, you will notice that he never takes a bold, open, manly stand, but he dodges, he conceals, he twists and shifts: Upon thy belly shalt thou go. Sin is a mean and despicable thing. ii. Pentateuch Clarke on nor shall you touch it: Some Jewish writers state that as soon as the woman had asserted this, the serpent pushed her against the tree and said, See, you have touched it, and are still alive; you may therefore safely eat of the fruit, for surely you shall not die.. (1) The serpent begins his temptation.. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD 2. The devil tempts them, persecutes and slays them; and so bruises the heel of Christ, who is afflicted in their afflictions. As the gospel gains ground, Satan falls. Martin Luther said of this verse: This text embraces and comprehends within itself everything noble and glorious that is to be found anywhere in the Scriptures (Leupold). Pentateuch a. And he said to the woman, Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?. This curse of the earth was on his head, and wounded him full sore. Adam and Eve were clothed with a garment that was purchased with the life of another. Uneasiness and weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patiently submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. ( Genesis 3:1) The serpent begins his temptation. Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man's sin. Yet you can do what is right before God right now by confessing and repenting. John 3:16, Jesus faith love), The Whole Bible iii. This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. d. He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden: Cherubim are always associated with the presence and glory of God (Ezekiel 10, Isaiah 6, Revelation 4). (Genesis 3:4-5) Satans direct challenge to Gods Word. Sin is failure to do what God has commanded us. Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to each other! 1. iii. d. They sewed fig leaves together: Their own attempt to cover themselves took much ingenuity, but not much wisdom. 3. And he shall rule over you.. Satan, by their corruptions, buffets them, sifts them, and seeks to devour them. Her words, you shall not eat it and lest you die are close enough, but she added to the command and put words in Gods mouth when she said, nor shall you touch it. Such are all the rags of our own righteousness. i. Often neglected in favor of more "exciting" prophecies, this first prophecy holds the fundamental principles for understanding the nature of Satan's relationship to Christ and the church, woman's relationship with man, man's relationship with nature, and sin's role in human suffering. Satan questioned whether it were a sin or not, to eat of this tree. In Ezekiel 28:13-19 tells us that Satan was in Eden. 2. The devil's instruments must share in the devil's punishments.