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● Gen 3:8a . . They heard the voice of the Lord God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of day;
The Hebrew word for "voice" is somewhat ambiguous. It can not only indicate a vocal sound, but lots of other kinds of noises too; e.g. horns, crackling, snapping, cackling, bleating, tweeting, roaring, whooshing, hissing, barking, thudding, whistling, and booming, et al.
● Gen 3:8b-9 . . and the man and his wife hid from Yhvh God among the trees of the garden. Yhvh God called out to the man and said to him: Where are you?
Since God is omniscient, "where are you" can be taken to mean: Adam; come out, come out, wherever you are!
● Gen 3:10 . . He replied: I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.
Adam wasn't totally disrobed; just partially. But even that degree of undress lacked adequate propriety to his newly acquired natural sense of right and wrong. But the thing to note is Adam's unease in the presence of God while lacking what the man thought in his own mind to be appropriate clothing.
This incident tells me that even the most seasoned exotic dancer, normally comfortable disrobed in a room of leering men, would probably want to put something on should God come thru the door and take a seat around the dance floor. (cf. John 21:7)
● Gen 3:11 . .Then He asked: Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat of the tree from which I had forbidden you to eat?
In other words: where'd you get the idea that undress is indecent? Well; nobody had said undress is indecent, nor even suggested that it's indecent-- the concept of a dress code was unheard of at that time. No; they just "felt" it's indecent. In other words; it was their human intuition telling them that undress is indecent.
Where did they get that intuition? Not from their maker, that's for sure; no, they got it from the fruit of that tree. Unfortunately, their newly acquired moral compass was unreliable; the reason being they didn't get it from God, they got it from nature; viz: it was a natural sense of right and wrong, i.e. humanistic rather than divine.
● Gen 3:12 . .The man said: The woman You put at my side-- she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Adam attempted to get himself off the hook by accusing God of product liability.
Like: "This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't imposed that female upon me. Did I ask for a wife? NO! And what kind of person is this woman you gave me anyway? She has managed to ruin my life in very short order. Is this your concept of the perfect companion for a man?"
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● Gen 3:8a . . They heard the voice of the Lord God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of day;
The Hebrew word for "voice" is somewhat ambiguous. It can not only indicate a vocal sound, but lots of other kinds of noises too; e.g. horns, crackling, snapping, cackling, bleating, tweeting, roaring, whooshing, hissing, barking, thudding, whistling, and booming, et al.
● Gen 3:8b-9 . . and the man and his wife hid from Yhvh God among the trees of the garden. Yhvh God called out to the man and said to him: Where are you?
Since God is omniscient, "where are you" can be taken to mean: Adam; come out, come out, wherever you are!
● Gen 3:10 . . He replied: I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.
Adam wasn't totally disrobed; just partially. But even that degree of undress lacked adequate propriety to his newly acquired natural sense of right and wrong. But the thing to note is Adam's unease in the presence of God while lacking what the man thought in his own mind to be appropriate clothing.
This incident tells me that even the most seasoned exotic dancer, normally comfortable disrobed in a room of leering men, would probably want to put something on should God come thru the door and take a seat around the dance floor. (cf. John 21:7)
● Gen 3:11 . .Then He asked: Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat of the tree from which I had forbidden you to eat?
In other words: where'd you get the idea that undress is indecent? Well; nobody had said undress is indecent, nor even suggested that it's indecent-- the concept of a dress code was unheard of at that time. No; they just "felt" it's indecent. In other words; it was their human intuition telling them that undress is indecent.
Where did they get that intuition? Not from their maker, that's for sure; no, they got it from the fruit of that tree. Unfortunately, their newly acquired moral compass was unreliable; the reason being they didn't get it from God, they got it from nature; viz: it was a natural sense of right and wrong, i.e. humanistic rather than divine.
● Gen 3:12 . .The man said: The woman You put at my side-- she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Adam attempted to get himself off the hook by accusing God of product liability.
Like: "This wouldn't have happened if you hadn't imposed that female upon me. Did I ask for a wife? NO! And what kind of person is this woman you gave me anyway? She has managed to ruin my life in very short order. Is this your concept of the perfect companion for a man?"
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