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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...
  [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:...
  

• 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,...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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, ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Dress

  [ebd] (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah's dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The Hebrews were early acquainted ...
  [isbe] DRESS - In the Hebrew and Greek there is a wonderful wealth of terminology having to do with the general subject of dress among the ancient Orientals. This is reflected in the numerous synonyms for "dress" to be found in Eng...
  [smith] This subject includes the following particulars: Materials; Color and decoration; Name, form, and mode of wearing the various articles; Special usages relating thereto. Materials .--After the first "apron" of fig leaves, (Ge...
  [nave] DRESS Of fig leaves, Gen. 3:7. Of skins, Gen. 3:21. Of other materials, See: Hair; Goats' Hair; Leather; Linen; Sackcloth; Silk; Wool. Mixed materials in, forbidden, Deut. 22:11. Men forbidden to wear women's, and women ...
  

• Life

  [isbe] LIFE - lif (chayyim, nephesh, ruach, chayah; zoe, psuche, bios, pneuma): I. THE TERMS II. THE OLD TESTAMENT TEACHING 1. Popular Use of the Term 2. Complexity of the Idea III. IN THE APOCRYPHA IV. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT 1. In t...
  [nave] LIFE. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Brevity and Uncertainty of; Everlasting; From God; Long; Spiritual. Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics Breath of, Gen. 2:7. Called Spirit of God, Job 27:3. Tree of,...
  

• Dust

  [isbe] DUST - dust (`aphar; koniortos, chous): Small particles of earth. The word has several figurative and symbolic meanings: (1) Dust being the material out of which God is said to have formed man (Gen 2:7), it became a symbol o...
  [nave] DUST Man made from, Gen. 2:7; 3:19, 23; Eccl. 3:20. Casting of, in anger, 2 Sam. 16:13. Shaking from feet, Matt. 10:14; Acts 13:51. Put on the head in mourning, Josh. 7:6; 1 Sam. 4:12; 2 Sam. 1:2; 15:30; Job 2:12; 42:6. ...
  

• 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...
  

• Banishment

  [nave] BANISHMENT, Ezra 7:26. Of Adam and Eve, from Eden, Gen. 3:22-24. Of Cain, to be "a fugitive and vagabond,'' Gen. 4:14. Of Jews, from Rome, Acts 18:2. Of John, to Patmos, Rev. 1:9. See: Exile.
  

• ANTHROPOLOGY

  [isbe] ANTHROPOLOGY - an-thro-pol'-o-ji: I. TERMS EMPLOYED II. NATURE OF MAN BIBLICAL CONCEPTION III. ORIGIN OF MAN FROM SCRIPTURE ACCOUNT: NARRATIVES OF CREATION IV. UNITY OF THE RACE: VARIOUS THEORIES V. EVOLUTIONARY THEORY AS TO...
  

• Death

  [ebd] may be simply defined as the termination of life. It is represented under a variety of aspects in Scripture: (1.) "The dust shall return to the earth as it was" (Eccl. 12:7). (2.) "Thou takest away their breath, they die" (P...
  [isbe] DEATH - (maweth; thanatos): PHYSIOLOGICAL AND FIGURATIVE VIEW The word "Death" is used in the sense of (1) the process of dying (Gen 21:16); (2) the period of decease (Gen 27:7); (3) as a possible synonym for poison (2 Ki 4:...
  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• 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...
  

• The Expulsion from Eden

  

• Clothing the Fallen

  

• Words of Judgment

  

• 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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• 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 ...
• Does the verb in Gen 2:19 affect whether there is a contradiction (of when man was created) between Gen 1 and Gen 2?
  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...
• 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...
• Does Ezekiel 3:20 mean we can lose our salvation?
  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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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:...
• My friend committed suicide and Im having a tough time dealing with the pain. Do you have any advice?
  I have not had a close friend commit suicide, so I can't speak to you from personal experience. My wife and I lost our first child when he was 3 ½ months old, and I do know what that was like. God gave us great peace in the ...
• Who Named Eve?
  Adam bestowed upon his companion the name of "Eve" (Gen. 3:20)....
• 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 ...

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