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
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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
Genesis – Falling for the Lie
"Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither … [Read more...] about Genesis – Falling for the Lie
Genesis – The Ultimate Meet Cute
Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”... So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.Then the man … [Read more...] about Genesis – The Ultimate Meet Cute