Genesis Chapter Three

Before we get into the Netty- gritty of this chapter I would like to clarify my feelings about Adam and Eve. The Garden of Eden was a very large place and I don't believe that we can look upon Adam and Eve as just being a single couple. I believe the God named LORD created dozens or maybe hundreds of Adams and Eves. Whether this was a miraculous act or a scientific action using already existing people, I don't know.

I believe the world was already well populated with people from the Chapter One creation and these people are the ones we call "Out of Africa," where the original creation probably took place. These people may have been a previous step in the evolution of man. Perhaps homo with only a single sapiens.

I believe that Adam and Eve were the next step in evolution of mankind and we know them as homo sapiens sapiens. These people came into existence in what we call the fertile land of the Tigris Euphrates delta. These were the people that the God called LORD trained in the art of agriculture and animal husbandry. After the God called LORD drove them out of the Garden of Eden at the end of this chapter, they went on to form cities and spread out over the world, gradually eliminating all of the original people created in Chapter One.

Now to Chapter Three

In this chapter we are introduced to a character identified as the "The Serpent." The serpent is often identified with Satan or the devil. It is also identified with many ancient religions and in this case, I think it is used to describe Eve's attempt to start or convert these new people into a religion.


We are also introduced to two trees. If you eat from the one tree you will be like a god and know good from evil and if you eat from the other you will live forever. To me these trees represent the church which both promises to tell you the difference between good and evil and also promises eternal life.

The God named LORD tells Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of these trees which means that he doesn't want them involved with a church. I can understand his thinking, a father wants his children to stand on their own two feet and not come running to daddy every time something goes wrong.

The woman is tempted, however, and the serpent feeds her the knowledge of good and evil and she passes it along to to the rest of her kind. They are taught that sex is dirty and and shameful and nakedness is not tolerated. They cover their bodies and hide from their creator.

We also learn that the teaching of the church that God is all-knowing and omnipotent is not true. Adam and Eve are able to hide from him and he does not know they have formed a church until he sees them covering their nakedness. He also has to question them to find out how they sinned.

He then puts curses on the the various individuals and throws them out of the garden because he knows they are now polluted with the false teachings of the church and will no longer be able to advance intellectually because of their superstitions. He did feel, however, that he should cloth them properly before ejecting them.