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As its name implies, Genesis is a book of origins. In it we are told of the origin of the universe, the beginnings of the human race and the birth of the Israelite nation. But it is more than an early record of origins. It is part of God’s Word to us, what the apostle Paul calls ‘God-breathed’ Scripture. Here we are given infallible instruction concerning where we all came from and why things are...

There are at least three interesting features. . The devil’s first words to the woman distorted God’s original generous declaration in 2:16–17. He suggested that they were not being allowed to eat from any of the trees. But he covered up his tracks by framing what he said into an innocent-sounding question which had a touch of surprise to it: ‘Has God indeed said, “You shall not eat from every tree of the garden”?’ (3:1). There
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