Advent Season · The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary · Year A
Genesis 3:9-15, 20
December 8, 2025

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Commentary
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Dr. Brant Pitre reads Genesis 3:15 as the protoevangelium pointing toward Mary as the New Eve.
Commentary on Genesis 3:8-15 Working Preacher
Luther Seminary reading of the garden judgment and the promise about the woman's offspring (the RCL covers these verses on a different Sunday).
Genesis 3 Commentary: Man's Temptation and Fall Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's evangelical verse by verse notes on the fall and the first gospel promise.
Genesis 3 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse by verse study library with Hebrew word notes on the fall of humanity.
Genesis 3:9 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators compiled on God's questioning of Adam and the protoevangelium.
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