Genesis 3:1-9

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:6

Woman saw, or gazed on with desire and fond dalliance. (Menochius) --- Consulting only her senses, which represented the fruit to her as very desirable, and caused her to give credit to the devil's insinuations, rather than to the express word of God. Do not unbelievers the like, when they refuse to admit the real presence and transubstantiation, thought they cannot be ignorant, that this way of proceeding always leads to ruin. --- Her husband, who, instead of reproving her for her rashness, ... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:7

And the eyes, &c. Not that they were blind before, (for the woman saw that the tree was fair to the eyes, ver. 6.) nor yet that their eyes were opened to any more perfect knowledge of good; but only to the unhappy experience of having lost the good of original grace and innocence, and incurred the dreadful evil of sin. From whence followed a shame of their being naked; which they minded not before; because being now stript of original grace, they quickly began to be subject to the... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:8

Afternoon air. God's presence has often been indicated by an unusual wind. (3 Kings xix. 12; Act. ii. 2.) The sovereign judge will not suffer the day to pass over, without bringing our first parents to a sense of their fault. They hid themselves, loving darkness now, because their works were evil. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:9

Where . In what state have thy sins placed thee, that thou shouldst flee from thy God? (St. Ambrose, C. 14) Some think it was the Son of God who appeared on this occasion, St. Augustine; &c. or an Angel. (Calmet) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:1-5

1-5 Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk with her when she was alone. There are many temptations to which being alone... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:6-8

6-8 Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. 1. She saw. A great deal of sin comes in at the eye. Let us not look on that which we are in danger of lusting after, Matthew 5:28. Matthew 5:2. She took. It was her own act and deed. Satan may tempt, but he cannot force; may persuade us to cast ourselves down, but he cannot cast us down, Matthew 4:6. Matthew 4:3. She did eat. When she looked perhaps she did not intend to take; or when she took, not to... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:9-13

9-13 Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. This lost sheep had wandered without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happy or easy. If sinners will but consider where they are, they will not rest till... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Genesis 3:1-20

Genesis 3.1-3.20 . The serpent is introduced to us without any explanation as to the power working in and through him. From verse Gen_3:1 we gather that he was amongst the beasts of the field that God had made, and that he was "more subtil," of a higher order of intelligence than any other, so that when energized by a higher power, speech was a possibility. The whole serpent tribe, as we know it today, is in a state of great degradation, as verse Gen_3:14 of our chapter would lead us to... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 3:1-6

The Temptation and Fall v. 1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. In Paradise man had everything that he needed for the proper development of his nature and for the fulfillment of his object in life. But now temptation came to him from outside. Just as in other parts of the Bible animals are characterized by certain physical or mental features, so the serpent is here described as being cunning or crafty by nature, this fact distinguishing it... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Genesis 3:7-13

The Investigation of God v. 7. 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. With their transgression, the eyes of the man and woman were indeed opened, but not in the way that they had supposed. The ignorance of primeval innocence was gone. Whereas they had not been aware of their nakedness before, they now felt shame before each other. Sin had corrupted and defiled their entire nature, like the... read more

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