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The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 3:1-6

Genesis 3:1-6Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the fieldThe first great temptationI.THAT THE HUMAN SOUL IS FREQUENTLY TEMPTED BY A DIRE FOE OF UNUSUAL SUBTLETY. 1. The tempter of human souls is subtle. 2. Malignant. 3. Courageous. II. THAT THE TEMPTER SEERS TO ENGAGE THE HUMAN SOUL IN CONVERSATION AND CONTROVERSY. 1. He seeks to hold controversy with human souls, that he may render them impatient of the moral restrictions of life. 2. That he may insidiously awaken within them... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 3:1

Gen 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? Ver. 1. Now the serpent was more subtile, &c. ] And so a more fit instrument of that old serpent the devil, that deceiveth all the world. Rev 12:9 a Good natural parts abused, prove rather as pressmoney to impiety, b as he phraseth it, and their wisdom was the crime counselor, culpa suasoria as... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 3:1

Now: Genesis 3:13-Ezra :, Isaiah 27:1, Matthew 10:16, 2 Corinthians 11:3, 2 Corinthians 11:14, Revelation 12:9, Revelation 20:2 serpent: The Samaritan copy, instead of nachash, "a serpent," reads cachash, "a liar or deceiver," read John 8:44. he said: Numbers 22:28, Numbers 22:29, Ecclesiastes 4:10, 1 Peter 3:7 Yea, hath: Heb. Yea, because, etc hath: Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:9 Reciprocal: Genesis 2:16 - thou mayest freely eat Genesis 2:17 - of the tree Genesis 3:14 - thou art... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 3:1-5

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? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:1

1. The serpent is here represented as a beast of the field which the Lord God had made, and, therefore, must have been good, as all the rest of the creation . Genesis 1:25. Hence we should not understand the word ערום , subtile, in a bad sense, implying malignant craftiness, as some expositors have done. This term is frequently employed in the Old Testament in a good sense, as meaning prudent, or sagacious. Such is the import of the Septuagint, φρονιμος . Our Lord enjoined upon his... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:1-24

The Generations of the Heavens and the Land, Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 4:26. In chapters 1, and Genesis 2:1-3, the sacred writer gives us his account of the creation of the heavens and the land; he now proceeds to give us their generations, תולרות . His historical standpoint is the day from which these generations start; the day when man was formed of the dust of the ground, and of the breath of life from the heavens. So the first man is conceived of as the product of the heavens and the land... read more

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 3:1-6

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 3:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 3:1

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 3:1-5

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:1

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:1-24

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