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Sentence Passed on the Serpent; Intimation of Messiah. (b. c. 4004.)
SENTENCE PASSED ON THE SERPENT; INTIMATION OF MESSIAH. (B. C. 4004.) The prisoners being found guilty by their own confession, besides the personal and infallible knowledge of the Judge, and nothing material being offer…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:14
Confession having thus been made by both delinquents, and the arch-contriver of the whole mischief discovered, the Divine Judge proceeds to deliver sentence. And the Lord God said unto the serpent. Which he does not int…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:15
And I will put enmity between thee and the woman. Referring— 1. To the fixed and inveterate antipathy between the serpent and the human race (Bush, Lange); to that alone (Knobel). 2. To the antagonism henceforth to be e…
Matthew Henry on 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 which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. Sin brought sorrow…
Sentence Passed on Eve. (b. c. 4004.)
SENTENCE PASSED ON EVE. (B. C. 4004.) We have here the sentence passed upon the woman for her sin. Two things she is condemned to: a state of sorrow, and a state of subjection, proper punishments of a sin in which she h…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:16
Unto the woman he said. Passing judgment on her first who had sinned first, but cursing neither her nor her husband, as "being candidates for restoration" (Tertullian). The sentence pronounced on Eve was twofold. I will…
Sentence Passed on Adam; Consequences of the Fall. (b. c. 4004.)
SENTENCE PASSED ON ADAM; CONSEQUENCES OF THE FALL. (B. C. 4004.) We have here the sentence passed upon Adam, which is prefaced with a recital of his crime: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, Genesis 3…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:17
And unto Adam he said. The noun here used for the first time without the article is explained as a proper name (Keil, Lunge, Speaker's 'Commentary'), though perhaps it is rather designed to express the man's representat…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:18
Thorns also and thistles. Terms occurring only here and in Hosed Genesis 10:8 = the similar expressions in Isaiah 5:6; Isaiah 7:23 (Kalisch, Keil, Macdonald). Shall it bring forth to thee. I.e. these shall be its sponta…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:19
In the sweat of thy face (so called, as having there its source and being there visible) shalt thou eat bread. I.e. all food. "To eat bread" is to possess the means of sustaining life (Ecclesiastes 5:16; Amos 7:12). Til…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:20-21
God named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth; Adam named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. Adam bears the name of the dying body, Eve of the living soul. Adam probably had regard to the…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:20
God having named the man, and called him Adam, which signifies red earth, Adam, in further token of dominion, named the woman, and called her Eve, that is, life. Adam bears the name of the dying body, Eve that of the li…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:20-24
First fruits of the promise. I. FAITH (Genesis 3:20). The special significance of Adam's renaming his wife at this particular juncture in his history is best discerned when the action is regarded as the response of his…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:20-24
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The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:20
Arraigned, convicted, judged, the guilty but pardoned pair prepare to leave their garden home—the woman to begin her experience of sorrow, dependence, and subjection; the man to enter upon his life career of hardship an…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:21
We have here a further instance of God's care concerning our first parents, notwithstanding their sin. Though he corrects his disobedient children, and put them under the marks of his displeasure, yet he does not disinh…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:21
Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats (cathnoth, from cathan, to cover; cf. χιτωì ν; Sanscrit, katam; English, cotton) of skin (or, the skin of a man, from ur, to be naked, hence a hide). Neither th…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:21
Covering. God's chief promises generally accompanied by visible signs or symbolical acts; e.g; bow in the cloud, furnace and lamp (Genesis 15:17), passover, &c. The time here spoken of specially called for such a sign.…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:22-24
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. This signified the shutting out of him, and all his g…
Adam and Eve Expelled from Eden. (b. c. 4004.)
ADAM AND EVE EXPELLED FROM EDEN. (B. C. 4004.) Sentence being passed upon the offenders, we have here execution, in part, done upon them immediately. Observe here, I. How they were justly disgraced and shamed before God…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:22
And the Lord God said. Verba insultantis; ironica reprobatio (Calvin). But "irony at the expense of a wretched, tempted soul might well befit Satan, but not the Lord" (Delitzsch), and is altogether inconsistent with the…
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:24
The dispensation of redemption. Notice— I. THE MERCY WITH JUDGMENT. He did not destroy the garden; he did not root up its trees and flowers. II. He "DROVE OUT THE MAN" into his curse that he might pray for and seek for…
Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:1-7
When Cain was born, Eve said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. Perhaps she thought that this was the promised seed. If so, she was wofully disappointed. Abel signifies vanity: when she thought she had the promised see…
Cain and Abel. (b. c. 3875.)
CAIN AND ABEL. (B. C. 3875.) Adam and Eve had many sons and daughters, Genesis 5:4. But Cain and Abel seem to have been the two eldest. Some think they were twins, and, as Esau and Jacob, the elder hated and the younger…