If you are looking for the beginning of this study you can start HERE with the brief introduction. At the bottom of that introduction will be the links to each section of the study guide as it becomes available. For this study the English Standard Version is the translation that is being utilized and you can read it online HERE or pick up the copy of your choice from Amazon or your local book store. I find THIS EDITION to be useful for deep study and annotation.
Grammar Questions: (The Information of the Text)
What is the craftiest “beast of the field” according to Scripture? (3:1)
What does the serpent say in order to persuade the woman to eat of the fruit? (3:5)
What happens when Adam and his wife eat of the forbidden fruit? (3:7)
What is Adam and his wife’s response to hearing “the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden”? (3:8)
What curse from God does the serpent receive because of his deception? (3:14-15)
What curse does the woman receive because of her disobedience? (3:16)
What curse does Adam receive because of his disobedience? (3:17-19)
What is the ultimate result of Adam and his wife sinning against the Lord? (3:22-24)
Why did Adam call his wife’s name “Eve?” (3:20)
What happens to Adam and Eve’s son, Abel? (4:8)
What does Yahweh do to keep Cain from being killed? (4:15)
Of all Adam’s descendents, who lives the longest life? (5:27)
Logic Questions: (The Interpretation of the Text)
Why would the serpent ask the woman “Did God actually say…?” (3:1)
Why is the temptation offered by the serpent, “become like God,” sadly ironic? (3:5)
God asks Adam and his wife, “Where are you?” and “Who told you…” and “What is this that you have done?” (3:9-13) Why would God, being all-knowing (omniscient), ask such questions?
What does Genesis 3:15 mean?
Why is it significant that God made animal skin coverings for Adam and his wife? (3:20)
What might we infer from the fact that Cain’s offerings are being rejected by Yahweh but Abel’s are being accepted? (4:1-5)
Why did Cain kill his brother Abel? (4:1-16)
Why does God spare Cain’s life? (4:15)
Where did Cain’s wife come from? (4:17)
What should we infer from the fact that Adam’s son was “in his own likeness, after his image?” (5:1-3)
Gen. 5:24 says, “Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took him.” What does this mean?
Why might genealogies be important? (Gen. 5)
Rhetoric Questions: (The Analysis of the Text)
Is there anything unusual about the serpent? If so, what? (3:1-15)
Did the serpent lie to the woman? If so, how so? If not, why not? (3:1-7)
Was there pain before sin entered the world? Why does it matter either way? (3:16)
What should Adam have done instead of that which he actually did? (Gen. 3)
What is the difference between lying and deceiving? Is this a meaningful and/or important distinction? Can one ever lie without sinning? Can one deceive without sinning? (Gen. 3)
Theological Analysis: (Scripture Interprets Scripture)
What does Genesis 3:15 have to do with Luke 1:26-38?
Compare Genesis 3:16 and Genesis 4:7 how does the similarity between these two verses help us to better understand the curse of sin and how it has affected the marriage relationship?
How is the word “know” used in Genesis 3 and 4 (and elsewhere in the Bible) to suggest an intimate personal relationship with something or someone? See also Matt. 7:23.
Read Ephesians 5:22-33. How does this teaching of Paul the apostle directly confront the effects of the curse on the marriage relationship?
Gen. 5:26 says in the time of Seth and Enosh “people began to call on the name of the Yahweh.” What does that mean? Consider Joel 2:32 / Romans 10:13 and their context in your answer.
Virtues/Vices/Great Ideas: (Find them in the Text)
Gullibility, Unbelief, Temptation
Westminster Shorter Catechism Questions:
Sin: Q13, Q14, Q15, Q16, Q17, Q18, Q19, Q20, Q21