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The History of Rome - Brief Overview Of Roman History from Her Dawn to the First Punic War. of the seeking sinner, "Where is He? Jump to: Adam Clarke Commentary; John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible; John Trapp Complete Commentary ; Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the … The speaker is God; the person spoken to is the representative of us all. Choose a verse from 'Genesis 3' to begin your 'Verse-by-Verse' study of God's Word using the more than 100 commentaries available on StudyLight.org 3. Jump to: Adam Clarke Commentary; The Biblical Illustrator; John Gill's Exposition of the … References: Genesis 3:9.—J. 3. or, where (shall I find) thee? And they prepared to defend their land. But it is characteristic of the simple, condescending style of communication which the Creator established with the first pair, and the summons into His presence was preparatory to a formal process of enquiry into the reasons of their unaccustomed disappearance. Paul calls this the life of the Law, (186) when it slays us by charging us with our sins. Multitudes of them fell; but this that attacked our first parents, was surely the prince of the devils. If you follow Christ you will always be in the sunshine, because He is the Sun. begins with God seeking man; and the N.T. Not that Jehovah was unable to find the guilty one, but to intensify the picture of the sinner attempting to hide himself from Omniscience. Genesis 44:2. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary Verse by Verse Commentary on the Whole Bible. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Genesis 3:3 . A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. The enquiry was not made from ignorance of his hiding-place, because "all things are naked and open to the eyes of God." The Jerusalem Targum is, the Word of the Lord God, the second Person in the Trinity; and this is the voice he is said to have heard before: and said unto him, where art thou? She held the precept in the utmost extent of it, but that which she failed in, was that she minced the matter, and opposed not the commination to the temptation. Without the initiative of the Father apparent here, man's condition would have been utterly without hope, but God still loved him, despite his sin, and would set in motion the train of events that would eventually lead to his redemption, provided only that man would consent to be redeemed and comply with the conditions under which God would bring it about. Are you where you ought to be? (Matthew 2:2) Thus, the O.T. IV. 1. Genesis 3:19. She exaggerates, through dislike of restraint, St. Ambrose. Genesis 3:1-5.THE TEMPTATION. 3.Neither shall ye touch it — This is the woman’s own addition to the commandment as given in Genesis 2:17, and is thought by many to imply that in her own mind the commandment was too severe. Misquoted from Genesis 2:16, Genesis 2:17, by not repeating the emphatic Figure Polyptoton, thus changing the emph. Genesis 44:4. "The Hebrew word for "touch" is # H5060 in the Strong"s dictionary is (Naga, a prime root, prop. So they joined their armies together (see verse 3). "God asserts, the woman doubts, Satan denies." Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Genesis 30:3. Genesis 37. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Genesis 25:3. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Genesis 13:3. Site Resources. Ver. New American Standard Version. When you are baptised, you are put into God's family upon certain conditions—that you will do certain things; and it depends upon you how you live, because if you do not love God you cannot be God's child. Mission to Esau. but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die. Verse 10. He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, New American Standard Version. Genesis 3:21. The verses assure Serpent that he would have a battle on three different levels. (St. Ambrose, C. 14) Some think it was the Son of God who appeared on this occasion, St. Augustine; &c. or an Angel. iii., p. 129; J. (4) Are you in the path of duty? J. Vaughan, Sermons to Children, 1875, p. 177. Genesis 44. Where art thou?] Ver. This he doth (but untowardly) in the words following. Genesis 3:8. Genesis 3:1-5. Genesis 3:2: Genesis 3: Genesis 3:4 . Here God asks an important question: "Where art thou?" Original Language Tools. [Exodus 23:7] A good man dare not come near the treachery, though he be far off the blow; he dare not venture on the occasion, lest his tinder should take fire. [Isaiah 29:15] For "hell and destruction are before him"; [Proverbs 15:11] how then can Saul think to be hid behind the stuff, or Adam behind the bush? (Haydock) --- Perhaps we die, Hebrew, "lest ye die.". Had he not been called before? CHAPTER 3. neither shall ye touch it. In what state have thy sins placed thee, that thou shouldst flee from thy God? Genesis 3:15 has been called the Protevangelium, the first Gospel. This verse begins the arraignment of the sinful partners before the holy God whose law they had violated. The Lord God called with a loud voice: Thou whom I have so highly obliged, whither and wherefore dost thou run away from me, thy Friend and Father, whose presence was lately so sweet and acceptable to thee? preserved in the word "surely". In ancient times, builders used it. Some of the Jewish writers, who are only serious on comparative trifles, state that as soon as the woman had asserted this, the serpent pushed her against the tree and said, "See, thou hast touched it, and art still alive; thou mayest therefore safely eat of the fruit, for surely thou shalt not die.". They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. [Proverbs 5:21] Though men hide their sins, as close as Rachel did her idols, or Rahab the spies; though they dig deep to hide their counsels, God can and will detect them, with a woe to boot. For as long as we are pleased with ourselves, and are inflated with a false notion that we are alive, the law is dead to us, because we blunt its point by our hardness; but when it pierces us more sharply, we are driven into new terrors. In this verse the gospel of grace takes its rise. Or through reverence, she thought it unlawful to touch what she must not eat, lest perhaps, as if there could be any doubt. Satan made a seemingly gentle suggestion against God's word and work, first by presenting them in a negative light. W. Hay Aitken, Mission Sermons, 2nd series, p. 1. At the voice of the Lord he must appear, will he, nill he, to give account of his fear, of his flight. (3) Are you in the sunshine or the shade? Genesis 37:4. The bringing to light of the hidden things of darkness. In addition, they could see with their own eyes a great deal about God's person, personality, and mind by what He had made. New American Standard Version. 2. but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, `You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.' Here, in this verse, first springs a river which flows right through the broad wilderness of Time, refreshing every generation as they pass; and will yet, beyond the boundary, make glad forever the city of our God. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? Mary sat at Jesus' feet, Martha was "troubled about many things." She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that through her I too may have children." Pen doth not always imply a doubt, as appears from Psalms 2:12 Isaiah 27:3 36:18, compared with 2 Kings 18:3. Exodus. III. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Genesis 3:24. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Genesis 3:9. Martin Luther said of this verse: “This text embraces and comprehends within itself everything noble and glorious that is to be found anywhere in the Scriptures” (Leupold). thou that wast the favourite of heaven, the chief of the creatures, the inhabitant of Eden, possessed of all desirable bliss and happiness, but now in the most wretched and forlorn condition imaginable; or as upbraiding him with his sin and folly; that he who had been so highly favoured by him, as to be made after his image and likeness, to have all creatures at his command, and the most delightful spot in all the globe to dwell in, and a grant to eat of what fruit he would, save one, and who was indulged with intercourse with his God, and with the holy angels, should act such an ungrateful part as to rebel against him, break his laws, and trample upon his legislative authority, and bid, as it were, defiance to him: or else as the Saviour, looking up his straying sheep, and lost creature, man: or rather as a summons to appear before him, the Judge of all, and answer for his conduct; it was in vain for him to secrete himself, he must and should appear; the force of which words he felt, and therefore was obliged to surrender himself, as appears from what follows. Luther said of this verse: "This text embraces and comprehends within itself everything noble and glorious that is to be found anywhere in the Scriptures." I. The call is: (1) individual; (2) universal. 1. This is no vague call but a word spoken directly to the heart. "—thou art out of the path of duty. Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. V. It is a call which each must answer for himself, and which each ought to answer without delay. "—near to thy Father or far from Him?—because some children are nearer to their fathers than others. Exodus 1 Commentary Exodus 2 Commentary Exodus 3 Commentary Exodus 4 Commentary Exodus 5 Commentary Exodus 6 Commentary Exodus 7 Commentary Exodus 8 Commentary Exodus 9 Commentary Exodus 10 Commentary Exodus 11 Commentary Exodus 12 Commentary Exodus 13 Commentary Exodus 14 Commentary … We may eat of all other fruit, but this particular tree we must not even touch, lest we die!” And thus the way is prepared for bolder words from the deceiver. Therefore God now approaches nearer, and from the tangled thicket of trees (185) draws him, however unwilling and resisting, forth into the midst. (a) But he "searcheth" - so one may do, yet not find - "and knoweth." This is of the woman’s own addition, and of a good intention doubtless. advertisement. Others read, lest, peradventure ye die, as if she doubted of the truth of the threatening; which seems not probable, the woman yet continuing in the state of innocency, and such doubting being evidently sinful; and the Hebrew particle. Bible Roman Empire Map - Large Map of the Roman Empire in the Early First Century - Click around on the Places. Compare Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:17. What does Genesis 37:3 mean? Keble, Sermons for the Christian Year, vol. Genesis 12:3. Genesis 3:10. — This enquiry after Adam may be looked upon as a gracious pursuit in order to his recovery. Not touch it. WELCOME. Genesis 3:3. Whether it was only the appearance of a serpent, or a real serpent, acted and possessed by the devil, is not certain. This is one of the great questions of the Bible, "Adam, where art thou?" Van Oosterzee, The Year of Salvation, vol. Verse 2 tells us for sure that the woman knew the restrictions in the garden, even though she did not have firsthand Knowledge. Genesis 3:2 - The woman said to the serpent, 'From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; on StudyLight.org . Moses says that Adam was called by the Lord. Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you? In process of time.] Whedon's Commentary on the Bible. Also, watch video of Pastor Armstrong teaching through the Creation account from Genesis 1&2, and his Creation vs. Evolution Seminar. If God had not called to him to reduce him, his condition had been as desperate as that of fallen angels. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible. Note here the anticipative sentence of the human conscience pronouncing doom on itself. Verse-by-Verse Bible Commentary Genesis 44:3. Genesis 25:2. Genesis 3:15 has been called the proto-evangelium, the first gospel. begins with man seeking God. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? iv. Matthew Henry Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible: Current Chapter: Chapter 3: The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. Genesis 3:7. ", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, "all things are naked and open to the eyes of God. 9.And the Lord God called unto Adam. to touch, i.e., lay the hand upon (for the purpose; euphemism, to lie with a woman), to reach), So we see that the warning to Adam and Eve specifically, was to stay away from Satan called both the "serpent", and the "tree of good and evil". Neither shall ye touch it — This is the woman’s own addition to the commandment as given in Genesis 2:17, and is thought by many to imply that in her own mind the commandment was too severe.The tempter started a thought which she develops, as if soliloquizing: “Yes, it is even so. "Watch therefore, and pray" too, "that ye enter not into temptation," saith our blessed Saviour; and mark his reason, "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak": q.d., though the spirit purpose otherwise, the flesh will falter, and be foiled: witness the woman here with her "lest ye die." 9. Genesis 3. So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. He hath "seven eyes upon one stone"; [Zechariah 3:9] yea, "his eyes run to and fro through the earth"; [2 Chronicles 16:9] and "all things are naked and open" - naked, for the outside, and open, for the inside - "before the eyes of Him with whom we have to deal." Genesis 3:15 has been called the protoevangelium, the first gospel. Compare 1st Q. in N.T. Genesis 3. She saw. We have here an account of the temptation wherewith Satan assaulted our first parents, and which proved fatal to them. Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. New American Standard Version. II. It is ill playing upon the hole of the asp, or coming too near hell-mouth; (b) for by so doing, you may beseem to drop in. The soul has many hiding-places. Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. New American Standard Version . Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau — that is, “had sent.” It was a prudent precaution to ascertain the present temper of Esau, as the road, on approaching the eastern confines of Canaan, lay near the wild district where his brother was now established. For afterwards, when she had drunk in more of the serpent’s deadly poison, from gazing upon the fruit, she fell to gaping after it, from touching to tasting. It is not improbable, that reason and s… And I will bless them that bless thee Not the priests only that should bless his children, the children of Israel, as the Targum of Jonathan, but all men of all nations, and of every age, that speak well of him, commend him for his faith and holiness, and tread in his steps, these are blessed with faithful Abraham, ( Galatians 3:7 Galatians 3:9) . This tree stood near the tree of life, as is highly probable, since that is described in the same situation, Genesis 2:9 she does not give it any name, which perhaps was not as yet given it; or she was not acquainted with it, its name in the preceding chapter being given by anticipation; and most likely it is, it had its name from the event, and as yet was without one: God hath said, ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die: here the woman is charged by some both with adding to, and taking from the law of God; and if so, must have sinned very heinously before she eat of the fruit; but neither of them are sufficiently proved; not the former by her saying, "neither shall ye touch it", which though not expressed in the prohibition, is implied, namely, such a touching the fruit as to pluck it off the tree, take it in the hand, and put it to the mouth, in order to eat it: nor the latter by these words, "lest ye die", or "lest perhaps ye die"F8פן "ne forte", V. L. Tigurine version, Fagius. The tempter started a thought which she develops, as if soliloquizing: “Yes, it is even so. God could say to many of us, as He said to Elijah, "What doest thou here? Where art thou? Neither shall ye touch it.] '", To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, 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, John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible, Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible, George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged. Genesis 3 Commentary Genesis 12 Commentary Genesis 15 Commentary Genesis 49 Commentary. Genesis 30. 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