Thoughts on Genesis 3

^{I was reading Genesis 3 and a few things jumped out at me.  Nothing really big or life altering, just thoughts...}

 

¹Now 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'?" ²And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, ³but God said, 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" 

 

So, the serpent made her repeat God's words back and she KNEW the words and what He said.  She even repeated them, but was STILL able to be taken over by the enemy.  It should scare us that his voice sounds so familiar and that he knows more than we do about the Word sometimes.  He can use it against us and make it seem like what we are doing is in the name of God.  Scary.

⁴ But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. ⁵For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." ⁶So 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 to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. ⁷ Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

Such silly logic, but they still fell for it.  Once the idea to rebel was planted, they ran with it.  Also, it says "when she saw" so just the power of his words gave her the power to see it as already happened like he said it would.

⁸And 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. ⁹But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" ¹⁰And he said, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself." ¹¹He said, "Who told you that you were naked?

Who told you that you were naked?  I love that.  God knew, but He wanted to hear it from them and recognize in saying that, that they now knew it.  It was something different and bad.  

²⁰The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.²¹And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

So, even though God was so disappointed in them, He still made way for them to be comfortable where they were.  He made clothing for them because even though they shouldn't have eaten of the fruit, and disappointed Him so much, they couldn't go back.  Sometimes parents just have to start from where their kids are...

Reminds me of a teen mom.  Her parents may not be happy with what she did and the results, but what can be done now, but help?  

Also, I wonder if there is any significance in the fact that Adam named her AFTER they disobeyed and were punished...