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Genesis 2 15–25 — The Man, the Command, and the Woman · 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 two fifteen to twenty five, the man, the command, and the woman.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make him a helper fit for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now out of the ground the Lord God had formed every beast of the field, and every bird of the heavens, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them.
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  SPEAKER_00: And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
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  SPEAKER_00: The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the heavens, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs, and closed up its place with flesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman, and brought her to the man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then the man said, This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: She shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man.
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  SPEAKER_00: Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother, and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Now let's look closer.
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  SPEAKER_00: The man is not placed in Eden simply to enjoy it.
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  SPEAKER_00: God puts him there to work it and keep it.
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  SPEAKER_00: From the beginning, work is presented as part of humanity's purpose before sin enters the story.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then God gives the man a command, he may eat from every tree except one, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
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  SPEAKER_00: Notice that the command begins with generosity, you may surely eat of every tree, before giving the single restriction.
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  SPEAKER_00: The warning is serious, eating from that tree will bring death.
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  SPEAKER_00: Then for the first time in the creation account, God says something is not good.
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  SPEAKER_00: It is not good that the man should be alone.
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  SPEAKER_00: The animals are brought to Adam and he names them, but none is described as a helper fit for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Naming again shows a measure of authority, but the scene also makes clear that no animal corresponds to him as the companion he needs.
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  SPEAKER_00: God then causes Adam to fall into a deep sleep and forms the woman from his own body.
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  SPEAKER_00: When Adam sees her, his words emphasize their shared nature.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: She is not another kind of creature, she is truly like him.
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  SPEAKER_00: Verse 24 then steps beyond the first couple and gives a pattern for marriage.
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  SPEAKER_00: A man leaves his father and mother, holds fast to his wife, and the two become one flesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: The relationship is described as a new, deeply united bond.
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  SPEAKER_00: The section ends with both of them naked and unashamed.
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  SPEAKER_00: There is no fear, hiding, or brokenness between them.
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  SPEAKER_00: That detail matters because Genesis 3 will show how quickly that changes.
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  SPEAKER_00: This concludes Genesis 2 15 25.
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  SPEAKER_00: Next, we'll move into Genesis 3 and the fall.
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  SPEAKER_00: And remember, tithe your time.