Genesis 3-11

Jubal was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe; Tubal Cain was the forger of all instruments of bronze and iron.  (Gen. 4:21, f.) The Nephiim were on the earth in those days… (Gen. 6:4) The beginning of [Nimrod’s] kingdom was Babel, Erech, and Accad, all of them in the land … Read more

“Come, let us make bricks, and burn them thoroughly.”  And they had brick for stone, and bitumen for mortar.  Then they said, “Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face … Read more

Noah was the first tiller of the soil.  He planted a vineyard; and he drank from the wine and became drunk … Gen. 9:20   Noah pleased God, was righteous and perfect, walked with God, and was obedient in carrying out God’s incomprehensible command to build a huge ship and collect animals. This does not … Read more

But I will establish my covenant with you (6:18).  This is the sign of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: I will set my bow in the cloud… (Gen. 9:12f.) The first time the word “covenant” occurs is Genesis 6:18. … Read more

And God said to Noah … Make yourself an ark of gopher wood … For behold, I will bring a flood of waters upon the earth … (Gen. 6:13-17) Adam with Eve was to expand the borders of the Garden to the whole earth, filling it with offspring, subduing the wild regions as well as … Read more

And the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence.  Gen. 6:11. The Garden in Eden, as we have established, was a Holy of Holies, and Adam was its priest made in the image of God, to “cultivate and keep/guard” it in the splendor of the seventh day with Eve … Read more

Then Cain went away from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Gen. 4:16 God cursed Cain (4:11)! Nothing could be more serious! As we said previously, God did not curse Adam or Eve, for then the whole human race would be under divine curse. Cain was … Read more

I will put enmity between you [serpent] and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. (Gen.3: 15). When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth. (Gen. 5:3). The picture painted in the last post … Read more

Cursed is the ground because of you … thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you. (Gen. 3:14-19) As we have seen, when Adam the priest sinned, the cosmic temple was immediately affected, for there is a necessary link between humanity and creation. In the Bible, there is always a symbiosis between human morality … Read more

Because you have done all this, cursed … Gen. 3:14-19 God is the first blesser. When something is blessed, like the original creation, it is empowered to function as God intended it to function. As surprising as it may seem, God is also the first curser. What we have in Genesis 3: 14-19 is a … Read more