Pentecost Season · Proper 5 · Year B
Genesis 3:8-15
The Fall of Man
June 6, 2027
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
Commentary on Genesis 3:8-15 Working Preacher
Weekly exegesis of the reading by a named Luther Seminary scholar for Year B Proper 5.
Genesis 3: The Fall of Man Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical commentary on the chapter.
Genesis 3 Commentary Precept Austin
A deep gathering of word studies and cross-references verse by verse.
Genesis 3:8 commentaries BibleHub
Aggregates classic commentaries on the passage in one place.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: Genesis Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary background on Genesis and its primeval narratives.
Genesis 1-11 Overview BibleProject
An animated overview of the garden narrative and the spread of sin.
Genesis 3:8 interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew word-by-word with parsing and Strong's numbers for close study.
Genesis 3 in Hebrew Sefaria
The Hebrew text with English alongside and traditional Jewish commentary links.
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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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