Category: Genesis Chapter 3
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The Guarded Way and the Open Way – Genesis 3:24
Genesis 3:24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. Genesis 3 closes with a guarded way. Man is outside. The garden is shut. Cherubim stand watch. The…
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Driven Out in Mercy – Genesis 3:22-23
Genesis 3:22-23 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden,…
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Covered – Genesis 3:21
Genesis 3:21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them. This is such a quiet verse, but it carries tremendous weight. Adam and Eve had already tried to deal with their shame on their own. They sewed fig leaves together. They reached for the best…
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The New Name – Genesis 3:20
Genesis 3:20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. There is more happening in this verse than a simple name change. Back in chapter 2, Adam called her Isha, woman, because she was taken out of man. The emphasis there was origin. She came from his side.…
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When Home Feels Hard – Genesis 3:16-19
Genesis 3:16-19 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten…
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The First Gospel – Genesis 3:15
Genesis 3:15 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. This verse is one of the most remarkable in all of Scripture because right in the middle of ruin, God speaks hope. Adam and Eve…
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Still Crawling – Genesis 3:13-14
Genesis 3:13-14 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 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;…
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Passing the Blame – Genesis 3:12
Genesis 3:12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. Adam had a chance to say, “I sinned.”Instead, he said, “She gave it to me.” And beneath that, there was something even darker: “You gave her to me.” That is…
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Freed by Confession – Genesis 3:10-11
Genesis 3:10-11 “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?” Now Adam speaks. And the first…
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Where Are You – Genesis 3:9
Genesis 3:9 “And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?” This is not the question of an angry detective. It is the question of a seeking Father. Adam is hiding, but the Lord is the One moving toward him. That matters. Left to himself, Adam would stay behind the…
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Running From the Voice – Genesis 3:8
Genesis 3:8 “And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.” This is one of the saddest scenes in all of Scripture. The very voice…
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Opened Eyes, Lost Dependence – Genesis 3:7
Genesis 3:7 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 serpent told Eve, “Your eyes will be opened.” And in one sense, he was right. That is what makes the lie so dangerous. The devil often tells…
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What Sin Promises – Genesis 3:6
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 fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. This verse…
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The Lie Has Not Changed – Genesis 3:4-5
Genesis 3:4-5 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Once the serpent got Eve to question the Word of God, the next move…
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Do Not Improve on What God Said – Genesis 3:2-3
Genesis 3:2-3 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. The moment…
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The First Question – Genesis 3:1
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? The fall did not begin with a bite. It began with a question. That is…