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3:13 So the Lord <03068> God <0430> said <0559> to the woman <0802>, “What <04100> is this <02063> you have done <06213>?” And the woman <0802> replied <0559>, “The serpent <05175> tricked <05377> me, and I ate <0398>.” 3:14 The Lord <03068> God <0430> said <0559> to <0413> the serpent <05175>, “Because <03588> you have done <06213> this <02063>, cursed <0779> are you <0859> above all <03605> the wild beasts <0929> and all <03605> the living creatures <02416> of the field <07704>! On <05921> your belly <01512> you will crawl <01980> and dust <06083> you will eat <0398> all <03605> the days <03117> of your life <02416>. 3:15 And I will put <07896> hostility <0342> between <0996> you and the woman <0802> and between <0996> your offspring <02233> and her offspring <02233>; her offspring will attack <07779> your head <07218>, and you <0859> will attack <07779> her offspring’s heel <06119>.” 3:16 To <0413> the woman <0802> he said <0559>, “I will greatly <07235> increase <07235> your labor pains <06093>; with pain <06089> you will give birth <03205> to children <01121>. You will want <08669> to control your husband <0376>, but he will dominate <04910> you.” 3:17 But to Adam <0121> he said <0559>, “Because <03588> you obeyed <06963> <08085> your wife <0802> and ate <0398> from <04480> the tree <06086> about which <0834> I commanded <06680> you, ‘You must not <03808> eat <0398> from <04480> it,’ cursed <0779> is the ground <0127> thanks to you; in painful toil <06093> you will eat <0398> of it all <03605> the days <03117> of your life <02416>. 3:18 It will produce <06779> thorns <06975> and thistles <01863> for you, but you will eat <0398> the grain <06212> of the field <07704>. 3:19 By the sweat <02188> of your brow <0639> you will eat <0398> food <03899> until <05704> you return <07725> to <0413> the ground <0127>, for <03588> out of <04480> it you were taken <03947>; for <03588> you <0859> are dust <06083>, and to <0413> dust <06083> you will return <07725>.” 3:20 The man <0120> named <08034> <07121> his wife <0802> Eve <02332>, because <03588> she <01931> was <01961> the mother <0517> of all <03605> the living <02416>. 3:21 The Lord <03068> God <0430> made <06213> garments <03801> from skin <05785> for Adam <0120> and his wife <0802>, and clothed <03847> them. 3:22 And the Lord <03068> God <0430> said <0559>, “Now that the man <0120> has become <01961> like one <0259> of <04480> us, knowing <03045> good <02896> and evil <07451>, he must not <06435> be allowed to stretch out <07971> his hand <03027> and take <03947> also <01571> from the tree <06086> of life <02416> and eat <0398>, and live <02425> forever <05769>.” 3:23 So the Lord <03068> God <0430> expelled <07971> him from the orchard <01588> in Eden <05731> to cultivate <05647> the ground <0127> from which <0834> he had been taken <03947>. 3:24 When he drove <01644> the man <0120> out <01644>, he placed <07931> on the eastern <06924> side of the orchard <01588> in Eden <05731> angelic sentries <03742> who used the flame <03858> of a whirling <02015> sword <02719> to guard <08104> the way <01870> to the tree <06086> of life <02416>.

• Gen 3:8-24 -- The Judgment Oracles of God at the Fall

• Adam

  [ebd] red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for man, having the same meaning in the Hebrew and the Assyrian languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose creation, fall, and subsequent history and that of his descend...
  [smith] (red earth), the name given in Scripture to the first man. It apparently has reference to the ground from which he was formed, which is called in Hebrew Adamah . The idea of redness of color seems to be inherent in either wor...
  [nave] ADAM 1. The first human. Creation of, Gen. 1:26-28; 2:7; 1 Cor. 15:45; 1 Tim. 2:13. History of, before he sied, Gen. 1:26-30; 2:16-25. Temptation and sin of, Gen. 3; Job 31:33; Isa. 43:27; Hos. 6:7; Rom. 5:14-21; 1 Tim. 2:...
  

• Serpent

  [ebd] (Heb. nahash; Gr. ophis), frequently noticed in Scripture. More than forty species are found in Syria and Arabia. The poisonous character of the serpent is alluded to in Jacob's blessing on Dan (Gen. 49:17; see Prov. 30:18, ...
  [isbe] SERPENT - sur'-pent: 1. General: Serpents are not particularly abundant in Palestine, but they are often mentioned in the Bible. In the Hebrew there are 11 names. The New Testament has four Greek names and the Septuagint emp...
  [smith] The Hebrew word nachash is the generic name of any serpent. The following are the principal biblical allusions to this animal its subtlety is mentioned in (Genesis 3:1) its wisdom is alluded to by our Lord in (Matthew 10:18) ...
  [nave] SERPENT Satan appears in the form of, to Eve, Gen. 3:1-15; 2 Cor. 11:3. Subtlety of, Gen. 3:1; Eccl. 10:8; Matt. 10:16. Curse upon, Gen. 3:14, 15; 49:17. Feeds upon the dust, Gen. 3:14; Isa. 65:25; Mic. 7:17. Unfit for f...
  

• Eve

  [ebd] life; living, the name given by Adam to his wife (Gen. 3:20; 4:1). The account of her creation is given in Gen. 2:21, 22. The Creator, by declaring that it was not good for man to be alone, and by creating for him a suitable...
  [nave] EVE Creation of, Gen. 1:26-28; 2:21-24; 1 Tim. 2:13. Named by Adam, Gen. 2:23; 3:20. Deceived by Satan, Gen. 3; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14. Clothed with fig leaves, Gen. 3:7; with skins, Gen. 3:21. Curse denounced against,...
  

• Good and Evil

  [nave] GOOD AND EVIL Choice between, by Adam and Eve, Gen. 3. Exhortation to choose between, Josh. 24:15. Conflict between, Rev. 16:13-21. Subjective conflict between, Rom. 7:9-25.
  

• GENESIS, 4

  [isbe] GENESIS, 4 - IV. The Historical Character. 1. History of the Patriarchs: (Genesis 12 through 50): (1) Unfounded Attacks upon the History. (a) From General Dogmatic Principles: In order to disprove the historical character of...
  

• GENESIS, 1-2

  [isbe] GENESIS, 1-2 - jen'-e-sis: I. GENERAL DATA 1. The Name 2. Survey of Contents 3. Connection with Succeeding Books II. COMPOSITION OF GENESIS IN GENERAL 1. Unity of the Biblical Text (1) The Toledhoth (2) Further Indication of...
  

• Fall of man

  [ebd] an expression probably borrowed from the Apocryphal Book of Wisdom, to express the fact of the revolt of our first parents from God, and the consequent sin and misery in which they and all their posterity were involved. The ...
  

• Sin

  [nave] SIN. Index of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to, Defining, and Illustrating; Confession of; Consequences of, Entailed Upon Children; Conviction of; Forgiveness of; Fruits of; Kn...
  

• ASTRONOMY, II

  [isbe] ASTRONOMY, II - II. The Constellations. The principal achievement of the science of astronomy in the centuries during which the books of the Old Testament were written was the arrangement and naming of the constellations, an...
  

• WISDOM OF SOLOMON, THE

  [isbe] WISDOM OF SOLOMON, THE - || I. NAME II. CANONICITY III. CONTENTS 1. The Wisdom Section, The Wisdom of Solomon 1:1 through 11:14 2. The Historical Section, The Wisdom of Solomon 11:5 through 19:22 IV. LITERARY FORM V. UNITY A...
  

• Tree of the knowledge of good and evil

  [ebd] stood in the midst of the garden of Eden, beside the tree of life (Gen. 2, 3). Adam and Eve were forbidden to take of the fruit which grew upon it. But they disobeyed the divine injunction, and so sin and death by sin entere...
  

• FALL, THE

  [isbe] FALL, THE - fol: 1. Meaning of Genesis 3 2. Genesis 3 in the Old and New Testaments 3. The Fall and the Theory of Evolution 4. The Character of the Fall The question concerning the origin, the age and the written record of t...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• DEMON; DEMONIAC; DEMONOLOGY

  [isbe] DEMON; DEMONIAC; DEMONOLOGY - dem'-mon, de-mo'-ni-ak, de-mon-ol'-o-ji (daimonion, earlier form daimon = pneuma akatharton, poneron, "demon," "unclean or evil spirit," incorrectly rendered "devil" in the King James Version): ...
  

• Fall of Mankind

  [nave] FALL OF MANKIND. Gen. 3:1, 2 [Gen. 2:16.] Gen. 3:3 [Gen. 2:17.] Gen. 3:4-19; Job 31:33; Eccl. 7:29; Isa. 43:27; Hos. 6:7; Rom. 5:12, 14, 18 vs. 19,21.; 1 Cor. 15:21, 22; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:14 See: Depravity.
  

• Curse

  [ebd] denounced by God against the serpent (Gen. 3:14), and against Cain (4:11). These divine maledictions carried their effect with them. Prophetical curses were sometimes pronounced by holy men (Gen. 9:25; 49:7; Deut. 27:15; Jos...
  [nave] CURSE Denounced against the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15; against Adam and Eve, Gen. 3:15-19; against the ground, Gen. 3:17, 18; against Cain, Gen. 4:11-16; against Canaan, Noah's son, Gen. 9:24-27; against Meroz, Judg. 5:23; agai...
  

• Temptation

  [nave] TEMPTATION. Gen. 3:1-13; Gen. 20:6; Ex. 34:12 vs. 13-16.; Deut. 7:25; Deut. 8:11-14, 17, 18; Deut. 13:3; 1 Chr. 21:1; 2 Chr. 32:30, 31; Psa. 119:165; Prov. 1:10-17; Prov. 2:10-12, 16; Prov. 4:14, 15; Prov. 5:6-21; Prov. 6:2...
  

• ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT

  [isbe] ADAM IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - (Evolutionary Interpretation): (NOTE: It ought to be superfluous to say that the unfolding or development of the human personality here identified with evolution is something far higher, deeper, a...
  

• Judgments

  [nave] JUDGMENTS On the serpent, Gen. 3:14, 15. Eve, Gen. 3:16; Adam, Gen. 3:17-19. Cain, Gen. 4:11-15; the Antediluvians, Gen. 6; 7; Sodomites, Gen. 19:23-25; Egyptians, the plagues and overthrow, Ex. 7-14; Nadab and Abihu, Lev....
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• Words of Judgment

  

• The Expulsion from Eden

  

• Clothing the Fallen

  

• Kita, Anak Adam [KJ.156]

  	R:Mrk 10:47-48
  1. Kita, anak Adam, insan bercela, lahir dalam dosa dan akibatnya, kita kehilangan bahagia firdaus dan menjadi takluk pada kuasa maut.	Mzm 51:4-7 Kej 3:23-24 Rm 5:12, 17
  2. Kyrie, eleison, Khriste, eleison, Kyrie, eleison! Tuhan, kasihanilah! Kristus, kasihilah! Tuhan, kasihanilah!
  3. Walau berusaha sampai berlelah, tidaklah menolong kita yang lemah, hanya Tuhan Allah yang Mahakurnia, yang dalam kasihNya mengutus PutraNya.	Ef 2:8-9
  4. Kyrie, eleison, Khriste, eleison, Kyrie, eleison! Tuhan, kasihanilah! Kristus, kasihilah! Tuhan, kasihanilah!
  5. Andaikata Kristus tidak menjelma dalam rupa hamba, masuk dunia, jika bukan Dia menjadi Penebus, maka kita insan binasalah terus.	Flp 2:6-8
  6. Kyrie, eleison, Khriste, eleison, Kyrie, eleison! Tuhan, kasihanilah! Kristus, kasihilah! Tuhan, kasihanilah!
  7. Sungguh, kasih Allah sangatlah besar, nyata bagi kita yang t'lah mendengar bahwa PuteraNya di salib Golgota menghapuskan dosa seluruh dunia.	Yoh 3:16
  8. Kyrie, eleison, Khriste, eleison, Kyrie, eleison! Tuhan, kasihanilah! Kristus, kasihilah! Tuhan, kasihanilah!
  9. KepadaMu, Kristus, puji s'lamanya: kau telah disalib bagi dunia, Kau kekal bertakhta bersama BapaMu; t'rima kami ini di KerajaanMu!	Why 5:12 Mrk 16:19 Luk 23:42
  10. Kyrie, eleison, Khriste, eleison, Kyrie, eleison! Tuhan, kasihanilah! Kristus, kasihilah! Tuhan, kasihanilah!
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• Siang, Malam, Musim, Tahun [KJ.331]

  1. Siang, malam, musim, tahun gilir ganti melenyap; bayang- bayangnya berlalu, tiada satu yang tetap. Hidup kita menjalani jangka waktu dunia; tak terulang yang terjadi, tinggal tanggung jawabnya.
  2. Orang hidup ditinggalkan oleh pendahulunya, kita pun menuju makam yang fana. Dari bumi kita lahir dan kembali padaNya; tanpa rahmat yang ilahi, apakah manusia?	Pkh 1:4 Mzm 89:48-49 Kej 3:19 Mzm 103:14 Mzm 144:3-4
  3. Sungguh, Allah mengasihi dunia ciptaanNya: dalam PutraNya sendiri Ia tinggal beserta. Yang percaya kepadaNya, tak binasa tenggelam, tapi hidup selamanya dalam Dia yang menang.	Yoh 3:16 Mat 1:23
  4. Walau zaman menghanyutkan tiap hal di dunia, pengasihanMu, ya Tuhan, untuk s'lama-lamanya! Di segala perubahan, dalam duka apapun, dalam Kristus aku aman: kau menjadi Bapaku!	Mzm 90:5-10 Mzm 103:15-18 Yes 40:6-8
  5. Bapa, Sumber pengasihan, Bapa dalam t'rang dan g'lap. Bapa dalam kematian, pun di kubur yang senyap, setiaMu tak berubah, kasihMu tetap teguh: Bapa, kepadaMu jua kuserahkan diriku.
  6. Siang, malam, musim, tahun, biar kamu melenyap; dalam suka dan dukaku rahmat Allahku tetap! TanganNya menuntun daku lewat zaman dunia dan akhirnya 'ku selalu tinggal dalam rumahNya.	Mzm 31:16 Mzm 23:6
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• [Gen 3:15] Ye Choirs Of New Jerusalem

  Ye choirs of new Jerusalem, Your sweetest notes employ, The Paschal victory to hymn In strains of holy joy. For Judah’s Lion bursts His chains, Crushing the serpent’s head; And cries aloud through death’s domains To wake the imprisoned dead. From hell’s devouring jaws the prey Alone our Leader bore; His ransomed hosts pursue their way Where Jesus goes before. Triumphant in His glory now To Him all power is given; To Him in one communion bow All saints in earth and heaven. While we, His soldiers, praise our King, His mercy we implore, Within His palace bright to bring And keep us evermore. All glory to the Father be, All glory to the Son, All glory, Holy Ghost, to Thee, While endless ages run. Ye choirs of new Jerusalem, To sweet new strains attune your theme; The while we keep, from care released, With sober joy our Paschal feast: When Christ, unconquer’d Lion, first The dragon’s chains by rising burst: And while with living voice He cries, The dead of other ages rise. Engorged in former years, their prey Must death and hell restore today: And many a captive soul, set free, With Jesus leaves captivity. Right gloriously He triumphs now, Worthy to Whom should all things bow; And joining heaven and earth again, Links in one commonweal the twain. And we, as these His deeds we sing, His suppliant soldiers, pray our King, That in His palace, bright and vast, We may keep watch and ward at last. Long as unending ages run, To God the Father, laud be done: To God the son, our equal praise, And God the Holy Ghost, we raise.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

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  The verb is imperfect, which won't solve your problem. If it had been in the perfect tense it probably wouldn't have convinced the fellow who is arguing for a contradiction. I think your argument that Gen 1 is chronological a...
• Where did Cains wife come from?
  Actually this is a pretty common question. I think we first need to remember that the Book of Genesis is not intended to give us every answer to our questions about many details of the creation of the world and man. Thus, it ...
• Can Satan put thoughts in our minds that can be used to tempt us to sin?
  This is really a tough question and many Bible students would probably offer different opinions. The issue, as always, is what does the Bible teach us on such issues? So I'll share a few thoughts on this. I can think of n...
• In light of 1 Tim 2:12, when Paul states that women should not teach or exercise authority over men, do you feel that women should not preach in church, other than to a group of women or children? How about y
  As to 1 Tim 2.12, here's my take: It seems that Paul is definitely restricting the role of women in terms of roles of leadership. 1 Tim 2.12 says that women should not teach or exercise authority over men. The passage almost ...
• Where did Christs spirit go between his death and resurrection?
  Christ's soul and spirit undoubtedly went directly into the presence of the Father. This is suggested by the fact that (1) His work on the cross paid the full price for our redemption; His substitutionary work was finished, a...
• How could God allow so many to die on the Titanic?
  We really do not have the answers to such disasters. Such have occurred throughout history. Much of it is simply because we live in a sinful world because of the fall of the human race as described in Genesis 3. This disaster...
• Romans 8:18 and 1Pet chapter 4 seem to imply Christians should rejoice in our suffering because of the sympathy towards the suffering of Jesus,
  The suffering I have experienced does not compare to what you have described. The problem of pain is one that requires much more than a glib response. Indeed, the answer is probably the content of a book -- one...
• Did god forgive Adam? Did Adam ever ask for forgiveness?
  You have asked some interesting questions. I do not know of a Bible passage that clearly answers your questions, but I would like to point out what the Bible does clearly tell us. I believe that we can infer the answer to y...
• My friend committed suicide and Im having a tough time dealing with the pain. Do you have any advice?
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• What Is Known Concerning the "Tree of Life"?
  Gen. 2:9 and 3:22,24 tells practically all that we know of the "tree of life," although a vast amount of speculative literature has appeared on the subject. Various references to the "tree of life" elsewhere in Scripture show...
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  Whenever we read or study any passage, we must understand the use of words such as salvation, righteousness, death, repentance, etc. according to the context and be very careful not to read our own ideas into the text. Salvat...
• Were the Apostles Converted Before the Day of Pentecost?
  Jesus had said many things to and about His disciples before his deaths which indicated that they were converted men: "Rejoice, because your names are written in heaven," Luke 10:20; "Now ye are clean through the word that I ...
• Is There a Real Conflict in the Evangelists' Genealogies of Christ?
  The purpose of publishing the Saviour's genealogy was to show that he had descended from David. If the genealogy of Mary had been given, it would have carried no weight with the Jews, as they would not admit the divine concep...
• Who Named Eve?
  Adam bestowed upon his companion the name of "Eve" (Gen. 3:20)....
• What Has the Bible to Say About Marriage and Divorce?
  The Bible law on marriage and divorce may be learned from the following passages: Gen. 3:24; Matt 19:5; by Peter in Mark 10:7,8; Eph. 5:31; Matt. 19:6; Mark 10:8; Mark 10:9; Mal. 2:16; Matt. 5:32, 19:9; I Cor. 7:11; Matt. 19:...
• Why did Jesus have to DIE as opposed to being beaten or imprisoned?
  In one of the Bible's most condensed declarations of Christian truth we read: "For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was bur...
• What Are We to Understand by "Lead Us Not into Temptation"?
  God does not tempt any one. He may permit us to be placed in positions where, if left to our own resources, we would fall; but he does not tempt us to evil. Eve said, "The serpent beguiled me." (See Gen. 3:1,4,5,13.) She yiel...
• How do Jews born after the New Testament receive salvation? Are they saved only by accepting Christ as their Lord and Savior? Is there any other means of salvation for them, as some teach?
  I believe that there has been and is only one way of salvation, and that is by faith in God's only provision for our salvation, Jesus Christ. In Romans 1:18-3:20 Paul demonstrates that all men (Jews and Gentiles alike) are lo...
• Can you provide insight into biblical teaching on interracial marriages?
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• What Was the "Sentence of the Serpent"?
  The "sentence of the serpent" as the passage in Gen. 3:15 is called, was a far-reaching one. The prophecy concerning the posterity of the woman, who were to be at enmity with the seed of the serpent, "points to the continual ...

Redemption Means…; OT Pictures; What Was the Curse God Put on Creation?; World Originally Created Good; General; One; The Source of Sin; Situation / Interpretation; The Covenants of Scripture:; Acts of Satan; Matthew 16:23; The Godly Woman; Mark 16:16; How Jesus Interacted With People; Mark 16:16

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