נוּח (nûach): “rest, dwell.” עבד (‛ābad): “work, till, serve.” שׁמר (shāmar): “keep, guard.”<…

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.

The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…

Apparently, Adam was not forbidden to eat of the fruit of the tree of life. However, after his failure, he was cast out of Eden, as God said, l…

But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil
Of the name of this tree, and the reasons of it, (See Gill on Gene…

Let us never set up our own will against the holy will of God. Not only was liberty allowed to man in taking the fruits of paradise, but everlastin…