Genesis 3
Genesis 3. – Blaming Others
3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Adam, Where Are You?
Unashamed and naked
In a garden that has never seen the rain
Rulers of a kingdom
Full of joy never marred by any pain
The morning all around them
Seems to celebrate the life they’ve just begun
And in the majesty of innocence
The king and queen come walking in the sun
But the master of deception
Now begins with his dissection of the Word
And with all of his craft and subtly
The serpent twists the simple truths they’ve heard
While hanging in the balance
Is a world that has been placed at their command
And all their unborn children die
As both of them bow down to Satan’s hand
And just before the evening
In the cool of the day
They hear the voice of God as He is walking
And they can’t abide His presence
So, they try to hide away
But still, they hear the sound as He is calling
Adam, Adam, where are you?
Adam, Adam, where are you?
In the stifling heat of summer now
The gardener and his wife are in the field
And it seems that thorns and thistles
Are the only crop his struggles ever yield
He eats his meals in sorrow
‘Til he sinks in to the dust whence he came
But all down through the ages
He can hear his Maker calling out his name
Adam, Adam, where are you?
Adam, Adam, where are you?
Though the curse has long been broken
Adam’s sons are still the prisoners of their fears
Rushing helter-skelter
To destruction with their fingers in their ears
While the Father’s voice is calling
With an urgency I’ve never heard before
To come in from the darkness now
Before it’s time to finally close the door
Adam, Adam, where are you?
Adam, Adam, where are you?
Adam, Adam, I love you
Rick McCollum
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