Genesis 1:1-3:24, Adam and Eve

This tells the story of how God created the universe, and how man fell into sin.

Genesis 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

Famous words. God created everything.

Just a quick summary of creation, which took place in 6 days. He rested on the seventh day.
Day 1
God created light

Day 2
God created heaven

Day 3
God created the earth, seas, trees and plants

Day 4
God created the sun, the moon, the stars

Day 5
God created the birds and fish

Day 6
God created animals, and finally man

Day 7
God rested

Genesis 2:18 – Genesis 3:24

Genesis 2
18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him."
19 Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.
20 So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.
21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh.
22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.
23 The man said,
"This is now bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
she shall be called 'woman,'
for she was taken out of man."
24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame.

Here we see Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden. They have not sinned yet and are in His favor.

Genesis 3
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "
4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.
5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Does anyone know what the first sin was in this passage?

The sin was disobedience to God. The bible tells us that Eve was deceived and Adam sinned. Both are guilty here.

1 Timothy
14And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.

Romans 5
12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned—.

Lets look at this and see how Eve was deceived. What did God say about this tree and its fruit?

Genesis 2
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die."

God said “don’t eat from it.” What happens in the conversation between the serpent and Eve?

Genesis 3
1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Here the serpent tries to make Eve doubt Gods words. Eve falls for it, and adds her own bit to Gods instruction.

2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
3 but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

God never said don’t touch it. He only said don’t eat of it.

4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 
5 "For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Here the devil lies and tries to convince Eve that God is being mean by telling her don’t eat from that tree. The devil twisted Gods instructions to make it sound like His instruction is bad. The devil wanted Adam and Eve to disobey God. And Eve fell for it.

6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

You know what Adam and Eve did here? They put their desires above Gods wishes. And look how badly that turned out. Lets go on and look at more of this passage.

8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?"
10 He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid."
11 And he said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
12 The man said, "The woman you put here with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."
13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

You know, people never change. When you do wrong at home, don’t you kinda hide from your parents? (Adults think back alllll those years to the time of your youth.) When someone asks you if you did this bad thing, don’t you try and pass the blame onto anyone, even the family dog? Doesn’t work does it? As we will see in this next portion of scripture, it didn’t work for Adam either. God says we are to blame for our wrongful actions. No one else.

14 So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this,
"Cursed are you above all the livestock
and all the wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel."
16 To the woman he said,
"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing;
with pain you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you."
17 To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat of it,'
"Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat of it
all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return."

Ouch that’s quite a punishment. It may seem like a small sin, but sin is a big deal to God. God does not like sin at all.

God holds all 3 to blame for this first sin of mankind. Eve was deceived and sinned. Adam willingly sinned. And the serpent led them into sin. All 3 get punished.

Satan still tries to get us to disobey God.

1 Peter 5: 8 Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.

Ephesians 6
10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.
11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes.
12For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

God means what He says. He told Adam and Eve that they would die if they ate of the tree. And they did die from that day onwards.

Even then, God knew Jesus would come and save man from his sins. Did you know that Jesus was planned for before the world began?

1 Peter 1
19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect.
20He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake.

God mentions Jesus in this part too. When He handed out the punishments, He also pointed out the hope of being saved from sin.

15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
he will crush your head,
and you will strike his heel."

This part refers to Jesus and the devil. Jesus will crush the head of satan, while satan strikes His heel. Good news, Jesus wins. Satan was defeated at the cross when Jesus paid for our sins.

20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.

Do you know even science says that all humans came from one female they call Eve. The bible says it here first.

21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

God makes the first sacrifice for the sin of man. God also makes the last sacrifice when Jesus died on the cross for our sins.

22 And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."
23 So the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

This tells the story of the first sin and why we need Jesus. The sin was disobedience to God. What are some ways you are disobedient to God?

When you don’t follow His commandments. Can you name one of them?

When we have Jesus, He covers for us when we sin. Our sins are forgive.

1 John 2
1My dear children, I write this to you so that you will not sin. But if anybody does sin, we have one who speaks to the Father in our defense—Jesus Christ, the Righteous One. 
2He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.