Genesis 3:1, The serpent deceives Eve; Genesis 3:6, Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin and misery; Genesis 3:8, God arraigns them; Genesis 3:14, The serpent is cursed; Genesis 3:15, The promised seed; Genesis 3:16, The punishment of mankind; Genesis 3:21, Their first clothing; Genesis 3:22, Their expulsion from paradise.
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Genesis 3 — OverviewGenesis 3 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things
considered) as any we have in all the Bible. In the foregoing chapters
we have had the pleasant view of the holiness and happiness of our
first…Genesis 3 — OverviewGenesis 3 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleIn this chapter an account is given of the temptation of our first parents, of the instrument of it, and of their fall into it, and of the effect of it, Ge 3:1 their summons upon it to appear before God, against whom…Genesis 3:1-5Genesis 3:1-5 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here an account of the temptation with which Satan assaulted
our first parents, to draw them into sin, and which proved fatal to
them. Here observe,
I. The tempter, and that was the devil, in the shape…Genesis 3:1Genesis 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryNow (literally, and) the serpent. Nachash, from nachash—
(a) To make naked; whence atom, plural arumim, naked (Genesis 2:25).
(b) To crafty (1 Samuel 23:22). If applied to the serpent in the sense of πανοῦ ργος…Genesis 3:1Genesis 3:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe tempter.
I. WHO TEMPTS?
1. Not the mere serpent.
2. A higher power of evil.
3. This higher power a person.
4. The leader of the fallen angels.
II. WHY PERMITTED? Easy to see why moved; why permitted, a…Genesis 3:1-7Genesis 3:1-7 · The Pulpit CommentaryEXPOSITION