Genesis 3:18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
Maybe I’m looking at this all wrong. Yesterday I wondered why Adam’s punishment seemed lightest since it didn’t affect his body. However, when I look at it from the fact that Adam’s punishment affects him every time he wants to eat, which is three times a day every single day, maybe he really did come out worse for the wear in this entire experience.
Genesis 3:19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken;
Honestly, though, I’m not sure I feel any better, any vindication. I still wonder where Adam was when the serpent was talking to Eve, why Eve thought it prudent to listen to a serpent, why, with all the beauty in the garden, that forbidden fruit seemed most appealing, whether Adam’s first words in scripture were really his first words. Did he say nothing when Eve handed him the apple? He just took and ate?
Genesis 3:19b …for dust you are and to dust you will return.”
Precious Savior, Thank You that Your word opens me up to a sense of wonder, a sense of questioning, a sense of seeking and asking. Help me to read, to wonder, to seek as I read Your word. Help me to see You, to hear You, to draw closer to You. Always. Amen.
Genesis 3:20 Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the living.
Have a blessed day.