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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 3:7

Genesis 3:7. The eyes of them both Of their minds and consciences, which hitherto had been closed and blinded by the arts of the devil; were opened As Satan had promised them, although in a very different sense. Now, when it was too late, they saw the happiness they had fallen from, and the misery they were fallen into. They saw God was provoked, his favour forfeited, and his image lost. They felt a disorder in their own spirits, of which they had never before been conscious. They saw a... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:1-24

Human disobedience (3:1-24)Since human beings were made in God’s image, and since God was unlimited, the first human couple soon showed that they too wanted to be unlimited. They had to remember, however, that they were not God; they were only creatures made in the image of God. Just as the image of the moon on the water could not exist independently of the moon, so they could not exist independently of God. Their relationship with God contained an element of dependence, or limitation, and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 3:5

ye shall be as gods = be as God, Hebrew. Elohim. This is the foundation of Satan's second lie: "The immanence of God in man. " read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 3:6

good for food. See 1 John 2:16 , "Lust of the flesh". Compare Matthew 4:3 . pleasant to the eyes. See 1 John 2:16 , "Lust of the eyes". Compare Matthew 4:5 . make one wise. See 1 John 2:16 , "Boastful of life". Compare Matthew 4:8 . gave. See 1 Timothy 2:14 . with her. Therefore Adam present. Compare "Ye", verses: Genesis 3:4 , Genesis 3:5 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Genesis 3:7

knew. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subj.) App-6 . They knew before, but their knowledge now received a new meaning. Adam becomes "naked" by losing something of Elohim's glorious likeness. Romans 8:3 may refer to this. fig leaves. The man-made covering contrasted, in the structure, with the God-made clothing (Genesis 3:21 ). aprons. Hebrew word occurs only here. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 3:4-5

"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die; for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.""Ye shall not surely die ..." This was a bold and cunning falsehood; and one is a little distressed by the scholars who are still treating this narrative as if the Devil told the truth. Their error is the same as that of Eve, in that they alter what God said and then claim that what God allegedly said... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 3:6

"And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he did eat."Davis mistakenly believed that, "Sin, here, is not a breaking of a law."[14] However, there was the breaking of a law, God's law that they should not eat of that certain tree; thus, the action here lies clearly within the perimeter of the N.T.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 3:7

CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR SIN"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together and made themselves aprons, and they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden."What a tragic failure of Satan's glorying promises! "Like God?" Well, God was never ashamed, conscious of an intolerable nakedness, fearful,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 3:5

Genesis 3:5. Shall be as gods, knowing good and evil— כאלהים keelohim, like God. See note on Genesis 3:22. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Genesis 3:6

Genesis 3:6. Saw that the tree was good for food, &c.— It is not easy to determine how the woman could discover this, unless by supposing, as we have done in a note above, that she saw the serpent eat of it, and that without prejudice, nay, with great advantage to him, raised, as he seemed, by means of this good food, from the animal to the rational nature: well might she therefore conclude, that by the same means she should be raised from the rational to the divine nature. Thus pride, as... read more

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