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Genesis 3:20-24
The Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:20-24
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:9-24The word of God in the moral chaos. These verses bring before us very distinctly the elements of man's sinful state, and of the redemptive dispensation of God which came out of it by the action of his brooding Spirit of…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 3:20-21God 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 HenrycommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 3:20God 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…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:20Arraigned, 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…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:20-24First 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…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Genesis 3:21We 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…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:21Covering. 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.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Genesis 3:21Unto 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…Joseph S. Exell and contributors