Read Genesis 2:4-3:24 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Gen 1:1-2:3 and the teaching tools of scripture part one and part two
Gen 1:1-6:8 and finding the topic themes of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
2:4-3:15 {s} Disobedience to YHVH’s command is sin
3:16 {s} Consequences for the woman (painful toil)
3:17-21 {p} Consequences for the man (painful toil)
3:22-24 {s} Exile from YHVH’s presence (Eden) is the consequence of sin
Strong themes of the parashah
2:4-3:21 {s+s+p} Disobedience to YHVH is sin, which introduces painful toil, and death
Gen 2:4-3:24 Chiastic structures
And a second structure from the same text:
And a third structure from the same text:
Download the fully expanded Gen 2:4-3:24 Triennial Elleh toldot chiasm pdf (Coming …).
Theme of the parashah
Sin brings the curse of exile, painful toil, and death
Finding Messiah in Elleh toldot
And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel. Gen 3:15
Messiah is the Seed of the Woman promised in Gen 3:15, who crushes Satan’s head and restores mankind to the perfection, communion with God, and rest we experienced in the Garden before the Fall. He erases the effect of sin on His perfect Creation.
Interestingly enough, the ancestors of the Greeks remembered this promise after they had dispersed from the Tower of Babel and settled in the Balkan peninsula. It was said of the hero Achilles, portrayed as the savior of the Greeks in The Iliad of Homer, that he was invincible and could only be wounded in his heel.
Additional readings for this parashah
Psa 2 | Eze 28:11-26 | Rom 5:12-21
Studies in triennial Elleh toldot
Gen 2, Bible for Beginners
Gen 3, Bible for Beginners
Gen 2:4, The difference between Gen 1 and 2
Gen 2:4-8, Yehovah Elohiym
Gen 2:4-15 Chiasm
Gen 2:9, The tree of life
Gen 2:18, Ezer k’negdo, the helper comparable to him
Gen 2:24, Leaving and cleaving
Beware of deviations from the word of God
Gen 3:4-15 Chiasm
Gen 2:4-3:21 Strong theme: curse or consequences
Gen 3:24, He drove out the man (Translation update)
The chiastic structures of scripture and scripture’s true boundaries
Further study off site
Gen 2:17 – “You shall surely die” – Answers in Genesis
When Did Adam and Eve Rebel? – Answers in Genesis
Athena and Eve – Robert Bowie Johnson
The worship of the serpent traced throughout the world – Rev. John Bathurst Deane
Genesis in Greek Art – Robert Bowie Johnson
The Principle of the Seed – Brad Scott
SCRIPTURE REVEALED SERIES by CHRISTINE MILLER:
THE LAW of LOVE | FINDING MESSIAH in TORAH | GENESIS in CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
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