Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of their fat … [Read more...] about Genesis – The Heart of Worship
Old Testament
Genesis – Exile as an Act of Grace
Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. He drove out the man, and at the east of the … [Read more...] about Genesis – Exile as an Act of Grace
Genesis – Shame and the Gift of Pain
To the woman he said,“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children.Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.”And to Adam he said,“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the treeof which I commanded … [Read more...] about Genesis – Shame and the Gift of Pain
Genesis – The Blessing within the Curse
The Lord God said to the serpent,“Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field;on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring;he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his … [Read more...] about Genesis – The Blessing within the Curse
Genesis – The Aftermath of Sin
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” He … [Read more...] about Genesis – The Aftermath of Sin