Genesis 3: 1-6 Study Guide

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1. Genesis 3: 1-5 (Temptation)
The serpent was smarter and wiser than the other beasts/ animals. Was the serpent a snake before “The Fall”? He knows that God gave the instructions to Adam and not directly to the woman. Did he attack the weakest or more vulnerable one? The woman was afraid that she would die if she eats from the tree, after hearing that she will not die and that she will become wiser and be like God it lures her in. 2. Genesis 3: 6-9 (The Fall)
The serpent did not force the fruit down the woman’s throat; she chooses herself to eat it and also gave it to Adam. Adam could have said no, but he did not. Interesting that only after Adam (not after the woman eats it) eats the fruit their eyes open and they both realized that they were naked. They tried to cover their naked bodies by themselves, and they hide from God, but they realized that they could fix their mistake or hide from God. 3. Genesis 3: 10-13 (Confrontation)
When God asked them, who told you that you were naked, he knew the answer. I wonder if he wanted to give Adam a chance to repent or confess, but Adam blamed it on the woman and God. God asked them directly if they had eaten from the tree (sin), He did not address their nakedness. God knows at …show more content…

There would be no friendship between the serpent (devil) and the human race. The woman would have a lot of pain during childbirth (more than other animals), and she would experience pain concerning her children in general, and her husband would rule over her. God curse the ground because of Adam before sin there was only coming good out of the ground, but now there will be thorns and thistles. Before the fall Adam was working, but there was joy in it after the curse it became hard and painful. The final curse is that Adam would become dust again; his end would be death not an end of