Lent · The First Sunday in Lent (Invocavit)
Genesis 3:1-21
The Fall of Man
February 22, 2026
Overview & Insights
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your offspring and hers.” (Genesis 3:15)
The interchange among the man, the woman, and the serpent provides dramatic movement, and captures how motivation to disobey God rises from an inversion of the order of responsibility that God had established.
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Commentary
Genesis 3 - Enduring Word Bible Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik on the serpent's deception, the fall, and the first promise of a deliverer.
Genesis 2:15-17, 3:1-7 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
A Reformed preaching commentary reading Genesis 3 as the recurring pattern of human choice, not just origins.
Genesis 3 Commentary Precept Austin
Verse-level notes and word studies on temptation, the curse, and the coats of skin.
Genesis 3:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic commentators gathered on the serpent's question and the entry of sin.
Background & Word Study
Genesis - Enter the Bible Enter the Bible
Background on Genesis' primeval history and the shape of the Eden narrative.
Genesis 1-11 Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the primeval story that frames the fall in Genesis 3.
Genesis 3:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew text with parsing for the words crafty, serpent, and knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3 (Hebrew text with commentaries) Sefaria
The Hebrew of Genesis 3 with Jewish commentary and cross references for close reading.
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Questions preachers ask
Why read the Fall in Advent?
Genesis 3 tells why a Savior must come, and hides the first promise of the gospel: the woman's offspring will crush the serpent's head. The season answers Eden's ruin.
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