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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:15

Verse 15 15.I will put enmity. I interpret this simply to mean that there should always be the hostile strife between the human race and serpents, which is now apparent; for, by a secret feeling of nature, man abhors them. It is regarded, as among prodigies, that some men take pleasure in them; and as often as the sight of a serpent inspires us with horrors the memory of our fall is renewed. With this I combine in one continued discourse what immediately follows: ‘It shall wound thy head, and... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:16

Verse 16 16.Unto the woman he said. In order that the majesty of the judge may shine the more brightly, God uses no long disputation; whence also we may perceive of what avail are all our tergiversations with him. In bringing the serpent forward, Eve thought she had herself escaped. God, disregarding her cavils, condemns her. Let the sinner, therefore, when he comes to the bar of God, cease to contend, lest he should more severely provoke against himself the anger of him whom he has already too... read more

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John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:17

Verse 17 17.And unto Adam he said. In the first place, it is to be observed, that punishment was not inflicted upon the first of our race so as to rest on those two alone, but was extended generally to all their posterity, in order that we might know that the human race was cursed in their person; we next observe, that they were subjected only to temporal punishment, that, from the moderation of the divine anger, they might entertain hope of pardon. God, by adducing the reason why he thus... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the Lord God . Either read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:8

The working of the sin-stricken conscience. I. GOD THE JUDGE REVEALING HIMSELF . The voice of the Lord God represents to men the knowledge of themselves, which, like light , would be intolerable to the shamefaced. II. MAN HIDING FROM THE JUDGE BECAUSE UNABLE TO MEET HIM . While the darkness of the thick foliage was regarded as a covering, hiding nakedness, it is yet from the presence of the Lord God that the guilty seek refuge. III. MAN 'S SELF... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:8-19

The first judgment scene. I. THE FLIGHT Or THE CRIMINALS . 1. It is the instinct of sinful men to flee from God . "Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God" ( Genesis 3:8 ). So "Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the Lord" ( Jonah 1:3 ). 2. It is God ' s habit to pursue transgressors . As he pursued Adam and Eve in the garden by his voice (verse 9), and Jonah on the deep by a wind ( Jonah 1:4 ), and David by his... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:9

The searching question. We can picture the dread of this question. Have you considered its love—that it is really the first word of the gospel? Already the Shepherd goes forth to seek the lost sheep. The Bible shows us— 1. The original state of man; what God intended his lot to be. 2. The entry of sin, and fall from happiness. 3. The announcement and carrying out God's plan of restoration. THE GOSPEL BEGINS not with the promise of a Savior, but WITH SHOWING MAN HIS ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:9-10

And the Lord God called unto Adam . Adam's absence was a clear proof that something was wrong. Hitherto he had always welcomed the Divine approach. And said unto him, Where art thou? Not as if ignorant of Adam's hiding-place, but to bring him to confession (cf. Genesis 4:9 ). And I was afraid, because I was naked . Attributing his fear to the wrong cause—the voice of God or his insufficient clothing; a sign of special obduracy (Calvin), which, however, admits of a psychological... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:9-24

The word of God in the moral chaos. These verses bring before us very distinctly the elements of man's sinful state, and of the redemptive dispensation of God which came out of it by the action of his brooding Spirit of life upon the chaos. I. THE WORD OF GOD ADDRESSED TO THE PERSONAL CONSCIOUSNESS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE NEW WORLD . "The Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? " Before that direct intercourse between the Spirit of God and... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:11-12

And he said . "To reprove the sottishness of Adam" (Calvin); "to awaken in him a sense of sin" (Keil). Who told thee that thou wast naked? Delitzsch finds in מִי an indication that a personal power was the prime cause of man's disobedience; but, as Lange rightly observes, it is the occasion not of sin, but of the consciousness of nakedness that is here inquired after. Hast thou eaten of the tree (at once pointing Adam to the true cause of his nakedness, and intimating the Divine... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:8-19

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:9-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:11-12

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