Good Morning. Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Has God indeed said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?" (Genesis 3:1) The Hebrew word translated as “cunning” could also be...

  Good Morning. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. (Genesis 2:25) Before the fall, man had no reason to be ashamed — he was in right standing with the Almighty and did not know, through experience, the shame that is associated...

  Good Morning. 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.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one...

Good Morning. 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.’ Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” (Genesis...

Good Morning. Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. (Genesis 2:22) From the beginning we see that the standard the Creator established for marriage was one man and one woman. Later, of course, other...

  Good Morning. And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept; and He took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh in its place. (Genesis 2:21) It’s interesting that when the Creator determined to make a woman, He did not repeat the steps He...

Good Morning. So Adam gave names to all cattle, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper comparable to him (Genesis 2:20) Previously, the Bible records that God determined it was not good for man to live alone...

Good Morning. Out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them. And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name. (Genesis 2:19) From the beginning, the...

Good Morning. And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." (Genesis 2:18) In the beginning, God determined that for mankind to fulfill their purpose, there had to be two genders — male and female. Though...

Good Morning. And the Lord God said, "It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him." (Genesis 2:18) The Hebrew phrase translated as “helper comparable to him” is עזר כנגדו ezer k’negedo. Translated literally, this would be...

Good Morning. “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” (Genesis 2:17) From the beginning we learn many important principles. One of the most important is understanding how the...

Good Morning. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat." (Genesis 2:16) In the beginning before the fall of man, Adam could “freely eat” of all the trees in the garden that were good for food. So, apparently, he...