Brief Summary: The serpent appears in the Garden of Eden and seduces Eve into partaking of the forbidden fruit. Adam who was with her also partook, and sin entered the world. God pronounced curses on the three of them. Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden, and the LORD placed Cherubim on the East side of the Garden of Eden with a flaming sword to guard the way to the tree of life.
Detailed Summary: The serpent comes and subtly speaks to the woman about they are allowed to eat. He then questions God and promises her that if she eats she will not die but she will be like God. She looked at the fruit and chose to eat. Adam who was with her also ate. They covered themselves with aprons made from sewn fig leaves. When they heard the LORD they hid themselves. God called Adam and questioned him, and he blamed the woman, and when God asked the woman she blamed the serpent. The LORD pronounced a curse on each of them beginning with the serpent. The serpent was cursed above all cattle, and be cast to the ground on his belly. Then the amazing prophecy of Satan's defeat through the death of Christ, he will bruise your head and you will bruise his heel. To the woman the LORD said that he would multiply her pain in childbirth and that the man would rule over her. To the man he said that the ground would be cursed with thorns and thistles and man would have to work by the sweat of his brow to eat bread. He concluded by saying that from dust you came and from dust you shall return. Adam named his wife Eve since she was the mother of all living, and the LORD made coat from an animal sacrifice to cover their nakedness. The LORD also cast them from the garden and placed the cherubim with a flaming sword that turned every way at the east end to guard the way to the tree of life.
Who is Mentioned: God, Satan, Adam, and Eve.
Key Concept: Sin and death enter the human race (Genesis 3:6)
Key Verse: Genesis 3:15 reveals that death will be conquered by the seed of the woman.
The Supposed Location of the
Garden of Eden
Archaeology Note - Tree of Life Relief
8th Century BC An ancient handle
made of bone with carvings. It was from the site of ancient
Hazor, depicting the tree of life, a date palm. [Archaeology
Note]
Important Related Verses:
Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world,
and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all
have sinned
1 Corinthians 15:45
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul;
the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:20-23
But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the
firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man [came] death,
by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam
all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every
man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they
that are Christ's at his coming.
Luke 4:5-8 And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain,
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of
time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give
thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and
to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship
me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him,
Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship
the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
John 8:44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of
your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning,
and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him.
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a
liar, and the father of it.
Hebrews 2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of
flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him that had the power of
death, that is, the devil;
Revelation 12:12 Therefore rejoice, [ye] heavens, and ye that
dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the
sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath,
because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Revelation 20:10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into
the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false
prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and
ever.
Interesting Notes:
The serpent (Hebrew
nachash) means poisoner.
The serpent stood upright
before the curse had cast him to his belly.
The Bible does not reveal what kind of fruit was forbidden.
Adam was with her when she was deceived.
Adam chose to sin bringing death unto all mankind
Adam as a type of Christ died for his bride
When Jesus was tempted the devil said all kingdoms (dominion)
were handed to him and he could give them to whomever he chose.
Adam handed the crown to Satan.
The LORD covered their nakedness with a blood sacrifice. Now
only by the blood of an animal sacrifice can man approach the
LORD in fellowship.
The LORD made coats from one skin, the Hebrew for skin is
singular.
The LORD said Behold, the man is become as one of us, implying
the trinity.
The Cherubim had four faces according to the vision of Ezekiel.
Quick Reference Map
Map of the Supposed Location of the
Garden of Eden (Click to Enlarge)
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Chart showing the number of years from the creation of the world
to the great flood (deluge).
Image of the Cherubim with four faces: lion, eagle, ox,
and man according to the vision of the prophet Ezekiel.
Genesis Resources
Creation
Adam and Eve
The
Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob
and the 12 Tribes
Joseph
and Egypt