Now the man named his wife [a]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living Genesis 3:20 NASB Because – What did we learn yesterday? We learned that Genesis 2:23 recounts that Adam projects the woman’s function with a name, a name that intimately connects her existence to his own, ʾiššâ and ʾšh. Subsequently, after the punishment…
Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. Genesis 3:20 NASB Mother of all the living– Previous investigation of the crucial story (see Guardian Angel) helped us see that the name given to the woman by Adam was certainly not uplifting. In fact, there are reasons to believe that…
“May God decide which of us is right” Genesis 16:5 Eugene Peterson The Message Is right – Two intervening stories occur before we return to the saga of Sarai. In the first interlude, Abram takes a very different posture with his nephew Lot. He permits Lot’s choice over a dispute about grazing rights, in spite of the…
Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!” Job 2:9 NASB Curse – Job’s wife has only a few words to say, but, according to David Penchansky, what she says summarizes the entire story of this suffering, righteous man. She speaks sarcastically, telling Job, “Curse God…
Now the man called his wife’s name [h]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. Genesis 3:20 NASB Eve – If you’ve read Guardian Angel, you know that Adam did not call his wife Eve. The name he used was Havvah, and it does not mean “mother of all living.” According to the research, this name…
I recently completed several lectures on the Hebrew idea of ‘ezer kenegdo. In every location, people in the audience found it difficult to accept the possibility that Adam named the woman with a word that means “serpent.” More than once questions were raised about this derogatory naming, especially since the text suggests that the meaning…
“For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” Genesis 3:5 NASB Like God – The serpent doesn’t tell Havvah that she will be God. He doesn’t even tell her that she will be like God. He only says…
“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.’” Genesis 3:3 NASB Touch it – So why did Eve (Havvah) misrepresent God’s command? Why did she add “or touch it”? The typical explanation…
Therefore, whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. James 4:4 (almost NASB) Friend of the world – Who is a philos tou kosmou (friend of the world)? This is a vitally important question, perhaps equal to the scribe’s inquiry, “Who is my neighbor?” If we have the…
NOTE: The only way to really feel this edition of Today’s Word is to click here to read and listen to it on the web site. -Skip Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help…
