therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man out; Genesis 3:23-24a NASB Sent/Drove – If your Bible has chapter and section headings, then it probably says something like this before you even begin to read Genesis 3: “The Fall of Man.” …
“but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.”Genesis 2:17 NASB You shall surely die– Adam and the woman eat from the Tree. They break the commandment. So, of course, they die, right? They die in the…
“but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” Genesis 2:17 NASB Tree of the knowledge of good and evil – What exactly is this “tree” in the Garden? Maimonides makes it clear that it cannot…
“but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die.” Genesis 2:17 NASB The knowledge of good and evil – Only one poisonous plant. Just one in a Garden full of feasting. But it all comes down…
“but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, for in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 Surely Die – Hebrew handles emphasis by manipulating the structure of the language. Without punctuation, words are arranged in ways that draw attention to particular…
“From every tree of the garden you may surely eat but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, . . .” Genesis 2:17 Surely Eat – Did you enjoy those bananas yesterday? When we examined achol tochel, we discovered that Eden is God’s design for Man’s pleasure. It’s…
“From every tree of the garden you may surely eat but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not eat, . . .” Genesis 2:17 Surely Eat – “What’s for lunch?” “Fruit salad.” “Oh, great! That’s all we ever have. Fruit salad, fruit salad, fruit salad! I’m telling you, Eve,…
“But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, you shall not eat of it; for in that day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” Genesis 2:17 But – “Don’t eat those cookies!” Mom was emphatic. She pointed to the freshly-baked chocolate-chip cookies on the counter. The message was clear,…
And YHWH God fashioned the dust-man from the dust and blew into his nostrils the breath of life Genesis 2:7 Fashioned – Everything important happens in the first three chapters of Genesis. That is no joke. If you want to understand life, your place in it, God’s design for it and how to live it,…
