Genesis 3:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:6

The first sin. I. THE TEMPTATION . 1. The fact . That sin is possible even in pure beings without the intervention of solicitation, at least ab extra , must be held to be the doctrine of Scripture ( vide James 1:14 and Jud James 1:6 ). Hence man might have fallen, even had he not been tempted. The fact, however, that he was tempted is explicitly revealed; a circumstance which notes an important distinction between his sin and that of the angels. Does this explain ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of them both were opened . The fatal deed committed, the promised results ensued, but not the anticipated blessings. Traditions of the Fall. I. ORIENTAL . 1. Babylonian . "There is nothing in the Chaldean fragments indicating a belief in the garden of Eden or the tree of knowledge; there is only an obscure allusion to a thirst for knowledge having been a cause of man's fall" … The details of the temptation are lost in the cuneiform text, which "opens where the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 3:1-7

- Section III - The Fall- The Fall1. נחשׁ nachash “serpent; related: hiss,” Gesenius; “sting,” Mey. ערוּם 'ārûm “subtle, crafty, using craft for defence.”7. תפר tāpar “sew, stitch, tack together.” חגורה chăgôrâh “girdle, not necessarily apron.”This chapter continues the piece commenced at Genesis 2:4. The same combination of divine names is found here, except in the dialogue between the serpent and the woman, where God (אלהים 'ĕlohı̂ym) alone is used. It is natural for the tempter to use... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:6

Genesis 3:6. When the woman saw, (or perceived) But how? Certainly by believing Satan and disbelieving God. Here we see what her parley with the tempter ended in; Satan, at length, gains his point; God permitting it for wise and holy ends. And he gains it: 1st, By injecting unbelief respecting the divine declaration. 2d, By the lust of the flesh: she saw that the tree was good for food, agreeable to the taste, and nutritive. 3d, By the lust of the eye, that it was pleasant to the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:7

Genesis 3:7. The eyes of them both Of their minds and consciences, which hitherto had been closed and blinded by the arts of the devil; were opened As Satan had promised them, although in a very different sense. Now, when it was too late, they saw the happiness they had fallen from, and the misery they were fallen into. They saw God was provoked, his favour forfeited, and his image lost. They felt a disorder in their own spirits, of which they had never before been conscious. They saw a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:1-24

Human disobedience (3:1-24)Since human beings were made in God’s image, and since God was unlimited, the first human couple soon showed that they too wanted to be unlimited. They had to remember, however, that they were not God; they were only creatures made in the image of God. Just as the image of the moon on the water could not exist independently of the moon, so they could not exist independently of God. Their relationship with God contained an element of dependence, or limitation, and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 3:6

good for food. See 1 John 2:16 , "Lust of the flesh". Compare Matthew 4:3 . pleasant to the eyes. See 1 John 2:16 , "Lust of the eyes". Compare Matthew 4:5 . make one wise. See 1 John 2:16 , "Boastful of life". Compare Matthew 4:8 . gave. See 1 Timothy 2:14 . with her. Therefore Adam present. Compare "Ye", verses: Genesis 3:4 , Genesis 3:5 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 3:7

knew. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subj.) App-6 . They knew before, but their knowledge now received a new meaning. Adam becomes "naked" by losing something of Elohim's glorious likeness. Romans 8:3 may refer to this. fig leaves. The man-made covering contrasted, in the structure, with the God-made clothing (Genesis 3:21 ). aprons. Hebrew word occurs only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 3:6

"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he did eat."Davis mistakenly believed that, "Sin, here, is not a breaking of a law."[14] However, there was the breaking of a law, God's law that they should not eat of that certain tree; thus, the action here lies clearly within the perimeter of the N.T.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 3:7

CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR SIN"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together and made themselves aprons, and they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden."What a tragic failure of Satan's glorying promises! "Like God?" Well, God was never ashamed, conscious of an intolerable nakedness, fearful,... read more

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