Genesis 2



10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted

and became four rivers.

11 The name of the first is Pishon; it encompasses the whole land of Havilah,

where there is gold.

12 The gold of that land is good; bdellium and the onyx stone are there.

13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it encompasses the whole

land of Cush.

14 The name of the third river is Tigris; it goes toward the east of Assyria.

The fourth river is the Euphrates.

( I wonder if the world was one continent at this time)

15 The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and

to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying,

"Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat,

17 but of the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat

from it you will surely die."

(Note what the Lord says to Adam in Genesis 2:16-17)

18 Then the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone.

I will make him a helper suitable for him."



[10] And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it

was parted, and became into four heads.

[11] The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole

land of Havilah, where there is gold;

[12] And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx

stone.

[13] And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that

compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

[14] And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth

toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

[15] And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to

dress it and to keep it.

[16] And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden

thou mayest freely eat:

[17] But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat

of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

[18] And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I

will make him an help meet for him.



19 Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every

bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them.

Whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.

20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky,

and to every beast of the field, but for Adam[f] there was not found a helper

suitable for him.



[19] And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and

every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call

them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name

thereof.

[20] And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to

every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for

him.



21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept.

Then He took one of his ribs and closed up the place with flesh.

22 Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man,

He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man.



[21] And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept:

and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

[22] And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman,

and brought her unto the man.



23 Then Adam said,



"This is now bone of my bones

and flesh of my flesh;

she will be called Woman,

for she was taken out of Man."



[23] And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she

shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.



24 Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother

and be joined to his wife, and they will become one flesh.



[24] Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave

unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.



25 They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.



[25] And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.



(Just before going on I would like to preface the Serpent aka Satan

/ Lucifer;

From Isaiah 14

12 How are you fallen from heaven,

O Lucifer, son of the morning!

(- Please note Son of the Morning NOT Morning Star )

How you are cut down to the ground,

you who weaken the nations!

13 For you have said in your heart,

"I will ascend into heaven,

I will exalt my throne

above the stars of God;

I will sit also on the mount of the congregation,

in the recesses of the north;

14 I will ascend above the heights of the clouds,

I will be like the Most High."

15 Yet you shall be brought down to Hell,

to the sides of the pit.



Satan created a rebellion in Heaven

and From Jesus himself Luke 10:18 He said to them, "

I saw Satan as lightning fall from heaven." And so the spiritual war begins)



The Fall



Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field

which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman,

"Has God said, "You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?"



[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?



2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit from the trees

of the garden;

3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the

garden, God has said, 'You will not eat of it, nor will you touch it, or else

you will die.'?"



[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the

trees of the garden:

[3] 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.



4 Then the serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die!

5 For God knows that on the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened

and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."



[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

[5] For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall

be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.



6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasing to

the eyes and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit

and ate; and she gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

7 Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked.

So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.



[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was

pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of

the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and

he did eat.

[7] 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.



8 Then 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.

9 The Lord God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"



[8] And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the

cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of

the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

[9] And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?



10 He said, "I heard Your voice in the garden and was afraid because I

was naked, so I hid myself."



[10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because

I was naked; and I hid myself.



11 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from

the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"

12 The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of

the tree, and I ate."



[11] And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the

tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

[12] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me

of the tree, and I did eat.



13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What have you done?"

And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."



[13] 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.



(Blame game - IT is not my fault, it is someone else)



14 The Lord God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this,

You are cursed above all livestock, and above every beast of the field;

you will go on your belly, and you will eat dust

all the days of your life.

15 I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring

and her offspring; he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel."



[14] And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this,

thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon

thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

[15] And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed

and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.



(This is the foreshadowing of the Crucifixion of

Jesus The Lamb for Sinners Slain)



16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth,

and in pain you will bring forth children; your desire will be

for your husband, and he will rule over you."



[16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy

conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall

be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.



17 And to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying,

'You shall not eat of it,' Cursed is the ground on account of you;

in hard labor you will eat of it all the days of your life.

18 Thorns and thistles it will bring forth for you, and you will eat

the plants of the field.

19 By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until you return to the ground,

because out of it you were taken;

for you are dust, and to dust you will return."



[17] And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of

thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,

Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt

thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

[18] Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt

eat the herb of the field;

[19] In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto

the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust

shalt thou return.