Genesis 3:13-21 BSB

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:18

Thorns also and thistles . Terms occurring only here and in Hosed Genesis 10:8 = the similar expressions in Isaiah 5:6 ; Isaiah 7:23 (Kalisch, Keil, Macdonald). Shall it bring forth to thee . I .e. these shall be its spontaneous productions; if thou desirest anything else thou must labor for it. And thou shalt eat the herb of the field . "Not the fruit of paradise" (Wordsworth), but "the lesser growths sown by his own toil" (Alford)—an intimation that henceforth man was "to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:19

In the sweat of thy face (so called, as having there its source and being there visible) shalt thou eat bread . I .e. all food. " To eat bread" is to possess the means of sustaining life ( Ecclesiastes 5:16 ; Amos 7:12 ). Till thou return unto the ground (the mortality-of man is thus assumed as certain); for out of it thou wast taken. Not declaring the reason of man's dissolution, as if it were involved in his original material constitution, but reminding him that in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:20

Arraigned, convicted, judged, the guilty but pardoned pair prepare to leave their garden home—the woman to begin her experience of sorrow, dependence, and subjection; the man to enter upon his life career of hardship and toil, and both to meet their doom of certain, though it might be of long-delayed, death. The impression made upon their hearts by the Divine Clemency, though not directly stated by the historian, may be inferred from what is next recorded as having happened within the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:20-24

First fruits of the promise. I. FAITH ( Genesis 3:20 ). The special significance of Adam's renaming his wife at this particular juncture in his history is best discerned when the action is regarded as the response of his faith to the antecedent promise of the woman's seed. 1. It is the place of faith to succeed, and not to precede, the promise. Faith being, in its simplest conception, belief in a testimony, the testimony must ever take precedence of the faith. "In whom ye also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats ( cathnoth , from cathan , to cover; cf. χιτω ì ν ; Sanscrit, katam ; English, cotton ) of skin ( or , the skin of a man, from ur , to be naked, hence a hide). Neither their bodies (Origen), nor garments of the bark of trees (Gregory Nazianzen), nor miraculously-fashioned apparel (Grotius), nor clothing made from the serpent's skin ( R . Jonathan), but tunics prepared from the skins of animals,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:21

Covering. God's chief promises generally accompanied by visible signs or symbolical acts; e.g; bow in the cloud, furnace and lamp ( Genesis 15:17 ), passover, &c.; The time here spoken of specially called for such a sign. Man had fallen; a Deliverer was promised; it was the beginning of a state of grace for sinners. Notice four facts:— 1. Man unfallen required no covering. 2. Man fallen became conscious of need, especially towards God. 3. He attempted himself to provide... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 3:8-21

- XVI. The Judgment15. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (=τερεῖν?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein Job 9:17, καταπατεῖν katapatein Psalms 139:11, συντρίβειν suntribein Romans 16:20.16. תשׁוּקה teshûqâh “desire, inclination.” αποστροφή apostrofee, ἐπιστροφή epistrophē Song of Solomon 7:11.20. חוּה chavâh Eve, “the living, life, life-place, or village.”This passage contains the examination of the transgressors, Genesis 3:8-13; the sentence pronounced upon each, Genesis 3:14-19; and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:13

Genesis 3:13. What is this thou hast done? Wilt thou own thy fault? Neither of them does this fully. Adam lays all the blame on his wife; nay, tacitly, on God. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me as my companion, she gave me of the tree. Eve lays all the blame on the serpent. The serpent beguiled me. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:14

Genesis 3:14. God said unto the serpent In passing sentence, God begins where the sin began, with the serpent, which, although only an irrational creature, and therefore not subject to a law, nor capable of sin and guilt, yet, being the instrument of the devil’s wiles and malice, is punished as other beasts have been when abused by the sin of man, and this partly for the punishment, and partly for the instruction of man, their lord and governor. Upon thy belly shalt thou go And “no longer... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:15

Genesis 3:15. I will put enmity, &c. The whole race of serpents are, of all creatures, the most disagreeable and terrible to mankind, and especially to women: but the devil, who seduced the woman, and his angels, are here meant, who are hated and dreaded by all men, even by those that serve them, but more especially by good men. And between thy seed All carnal and wicked men, who, in reference to this text, are called the children and seed of Satan; and her seed That is, her... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:20

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:20-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 3:21

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 3:8-21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:14

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:15

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