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Genesis 3:8–13 — Hiding and Blame? · A Tithe of Time Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Welcome to a tithe of time, verse by verse.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we begin reading from the ESV, Genesis three, eight to thirteen, hiding and blame.
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  SPEAKER_00: And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, Where are you?
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  SPEAKER_00: And he said, I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said, Who told you that you were naked?
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  SPEAKER_00: Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
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  SPEAKER_00: The man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the Lord God said to the woman, What is this that you have done?
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  SPEAKER_00: The woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's look closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: The first thing Adam and the woman do after eating is hide.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the previous passage they tried to cover their nakedness with fig leaves.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now they hide among the trees from the presence of God.
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  SPEAKER_00: The problem is no longer only between the two of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Their relationship with God has changed too.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then God calls to the man and asks, Where are you?
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  SPEAKER_00: That question is doing more than locating Adam.
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  SPEAKER_00: The text has already shown that Adam and the woman are hiding from God, so the question functions more like a summons than a search.
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  SPEAKER_00: God gives Adam the opportunity to come out of hiding and speak for himself.
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  SPEAKER_00: The question also forces him to confront what has changed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Before this there was no fear or hiding, now there is both.
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  SPEAKER_00: And from a storytelling standpoint, where are you?
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  SPEAKER_00: becomes the doorway into the whole confrontation that follows.
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  SPEAKER_00: The text does not present God as unable to find Adam.
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  SPEAKER_00: Instead, the question draws Adam out of hiding and makes him answer for where his disobedience has brought him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Adam says, I was afraid because I was naked and I hid myself.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is another major change.
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  SPEAKER_00: At the end of Genesis 2, the man and woman were naked and not ashamed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now Adam connects his nakedness with fear and hiding.
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  SPEAKER_00: God responds with two questions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who told you that you were naked?
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  SPEAKER_00: And have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?
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  SPEAKER_00: The issue is brought directly back to the command God had given.
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  SPEAKER_00: Adam answers, but notice how he answers, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: He admits that he ate, but before doing so he points first to the woman, and even mentions that God gave her to him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then God turns to the woman and asks, What is this that you have done?
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  SPEAKER_00: She answers, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Like Adam, she identifies another part of what happened, but she also admits the final action.
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  SPEAKER_00: I ate.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is a pattern forming here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Adam points to the woman, the woman points to the serpent, but neither denies eating the fruit.
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  SPEAKER_00: The actions are acknowledged, even while responsibility is being pushed outward.
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  SPEAKER_00: And notice what is missing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Neither Adam nor the woman is recorded here simply saying, I disobeyed.
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  SPEAKER_00: The conversation reveals more than the act itself.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fear, hiding, and blame have now entered relationships that Genesis 2 presented without shame.
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  SPEAKER_00: This concludes Genesis 3, 8 13.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, we'll continue with Genesis 3, 14 19.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tithe your time.