Adam and Eve

Bible Study Lesson from Genesis 2:15 - 3:24

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2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.

 

16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

 

17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

 

18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."

 

19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.

 

20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field.

 

But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

 

21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

 

22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

 

23 The man said,

 

"This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man."

 

24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.

 

25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

 

Genesis 3

 

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

 

2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

 

3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

 

4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.

 

5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

 

6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

 

7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

 

8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

 

9 But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?"

 

10 He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid."

 

11 And he said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

 

12 The man said, "The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."

 

13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"

 

The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

 

14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,

 

"Cursed are you above all the livestock

and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

 

15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman,

and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

 

16 To the woman he said,

 

"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children.

Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

 

17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,'

 

"Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

 

18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

 

19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."

 

20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

 

21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

 

22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

 

23 So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

 

24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

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This is the Word of the Lord ... It is meant to change the way that we think, and the way we live.

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Commentary by Bob Pardue

Adam and Eve - The First Sin

Who's fault was it?

Most of the stories I've heard from the time I was a youth, and most of the photos, books and movies about Adam and Eve generally tell the story that:

Eve listened to the snake, ate the fruit, and tempted Adam into eating it too. To some extent this is true but there are sections which refute this version of the story. Yes, the serpent did trick Eve by quoting God's Word but with a little bit of a twist.

The Smart Devil

Satan is really brilliant in taking the Word of God and using it to his advantage. So, Eve easily fell into his trap and ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil which God commanded her not to eat.

Was Adam an innocent victim?

If you listen to the general stories and most of the movies showing Adam and Eve - yes, he was innocent. But, if you read closely in these verses from Genesis you'll find that Adam was not all that innocent. Let's look at this statement ..

"She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it."

Adam was right by her side the whole time! I didn't read one single sentence in this passage which said that Adam protested or warned Eve not to eat the fruit.

It even looks as though Adam was standing back, arms crossed, waiting to see what would happen to Eve when she took her first bite. When nothing happened to Eve, Adam may have said something to the effect of why not? Adam and Eve both sinned when tempted by the serpent.

The warning from Adam and Eve's story

This lesson from the Bible is a warning to us that Satan is very crafty and will come to us as a friend, twist God's Word, and tempt us with all sorts of sinful pleasures. We have to be careful who we listen to and obey because we are not innocent either.

Love in Christ

- Bob

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