“ And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? ”
- XVI. The Judgment 15. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (= τερεῖν ?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein Job 9:17 , καταπατεῖν katapatein Psalms 139:11 , συντρίβειν...
Among the animals formed by Yahweh, in His first attempt to provide man with a companion, was the serpent; at that time either a quadruped or holding itself erect. It was eminent among its fellows fo...
Where art thou? The 1st Q. in O.T. comes from God to the sinner. Compare 1st Q. in N.T. of the seeking sinner, "Where is He? "( Matthew 2:2 ).
9. And the Lord God called unto Adam. They had been already smitten by the voice of God, but they lay confounded under the trees, until another voice more effectually penetrated their minds....
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
And the Lord God, &c.— It is not to be supposed that the Omniscient either knew not where Adam and Eve were, or wanted to be informed of what they had done, when he asked the questions in this...
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? The Lord God called unto Adam, where art thou? The enquiry was not made from ignorance of his hiding-place, because "all...
Paradise and the Fall In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question:...
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE. The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supp...
THE FALL Genesis 3:1-24 PROFOUND as the teaching of this narrative is, its meaning does not lie on the surface. Literal interpretation will reach a measure of its significance, but plainly ther...
God's Condemnation of Adam and Eve Genesis 3:9-21 God does not wait for Adam to find his own way back, but hastens in search of him. “Where art thou” is rendered in one version, Alas for thee....
Here begins the second section of the Book of Genesis. As the first has answered questions concerning creation, the second replies to questions asked in the presence of sin and suffering and sorrow....
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Observe the immediate effect of sin. Shame, guilt and fear, filled...
And the Lord God called unto Adam ,.... The Jerusalem Targum is, the Word of the Lord God, the second Person in the Trinity; and this is the voice he is said to have heard before: and said unto hi...
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou? Ver. 9. Where art thou? ] Not as if God knew not; for he searcheth Jerusalem with lights; yea, himself is the "father of lig...
The Lord God called , (probably with a loud voice,) Where art thou? This inquiry after Adam, may be looked upon as a gracious pursuit in order to his recovery. If God had not called to him to redu...
THE FALL OF MAN The serpent is introduced in this chapter as being more cunning than all other beasts. This was evidently so just by the fact of Satan's using the serpent for his mouthpiece. It is...
9 And the L ORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. ...
The Lord God called with a loud voice: Thou whom I have so highly obliged, whither and wherefore dost thou run away from me, thy Friend and Father, whose presence was lately so sweet and acceptable...
‘And the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” ' God speaks directly to the man. This is no vague call but a word spoken directly to the heart. God, of course, knew where he...
MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 3:8-12 THE SAD EFFECTS OF YIELDING TO TEMPTATION I. That yielding to temptation is generally followed by a sad consciousness of physical destitution...
Genesis 3 Consider: (1) some of the consequences, and (2) some of the corroborative proofs of the fall. I. Beside and behind the outward consequences, there were inward results far more terrible....
Genesis 3:1 . Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?...
Genesis 3:1 . The serpent. The rabbins and the christian doctors have largely sported their opinions here. St. Cyril contends that Satan assumed the figure of the serpent, and so talked with the w...
Where art thou? God’s question I. The speaker is God; the person spoken to is the representative of us all. II. The call is-- 1. Individual. 2. Universal. III. God calls in three wa...
EXPOSITION Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God . Either (1) the noise of his footsteps (cf. Le Genesis 26:33 ; Numbers 16:34 ; 2 Samuel 5:24 ; Knobel, Delitzsch, Kei...
The Investigation of God
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The Temptation Genesis 3:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are some very vital questions which naturally tome to most minds. These we will seek to answer. 1. Did God know that man would sin when...
Where art thou? — This enquiry after Adam may be looked upon as a gracious pursuit in order to his recovery. If God had not called to him to reduce him, his condition had been as desperate as that...