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God’s Unique Words to the Woman

God’s Unique Words to the Woman

  God’s words to the woman were uniquely patterned. They were unlike the others. Why so different? The woman had not willfully rebelled against the Lord God as had the other two. She acted because she had been deceived. And as soon as she realized what had...
Linchpin 1.4. The Linchpin words in Genesis 3:16a

Linchpin 1.4. The Linchpin words in Genesis 3:16a

  In the two-word linchpin construction of Genesis 3:16a, the word “sorrowful-toil” proleptically anticipates the reference to the same word in 3:17 where God actually curses the ground because of the man and explains its impact in terms of “sorrowful-toil.” The...
Linchpin 1.3. The linchpin centered in Genesis 2:8.

Linchpin 1.3. The linchpin centered in Genesis 2:8.

  In the first of two linchpins in the extended passage of Genesis 2-3, in Genesis 2:8, two words make up the linchpin. Each is linked to corresponding words in verses 7 and 9. The diagram shows how the initial word of verse 8 – “planted” – points down to verse...
Linchpin 1.2. Three Linchpins in Genesis 2-11

Linchpin 1.2. Three Linchpins in Genesis 2-11

  There is a “linchpin” literary pattern used in line one of Genesis 3:16 that pulls in information from the surrounding verses (3:15 and 3:17) to enrich the meaning of the line. In Man and Woman in Biblical Unity – Theology from Genesis 2-3, (Bloomington, IN:...
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