After the shining glory of the creation yesterday, things are going to rapidly get sordid. I've got the Fall to look forward to, the first murder, and humanity coming to terms with life without God.
The Temptation & Fall
Genesis 3:1-7
God's Judgement and Curse
Genesis 3:8-19
Expulsion from Eden
Genesis 3:21-24
The story of Cain and Abel
Genesis 4:1-15
Seth and his descendants
1 Chronicles 1:1, Genesis 4:25-26, 5:3, 4:26, 5:6 & 9, 1 Chronicles 1:2, Genesis 5:12, 15 & 18
Cain and his descendants
Genesis 4:16-24
Adam's descendants continued
1 Chronicles 1:3, Genesis 5:21 & 25, 5:4-5, 5:22-24, 5:7-8, 5:28-29, 5:10-11, 5:13-14, 5:16-17, 5:19-20
Satan is rapidly reintroduced: seeking to spoil the creation of God. He succeeds in tricking Adam & Eve, and their eyes are opened: innocence is lost. However, God is merciful. Having warned them not to eat, on pain of death, he does not kill them, just banishes them from Eden, and warns them that life will be hard from now on. As for Satan, his fate is bound together with that of the human race – he will always be striking at them, but in the end a descendant of the human raise will crush his head.
Cain and Abel flit across the scene, and again God is merciful – he doesn't punish Cain with death, only banishment, but his grandson Lamech had failed to learn the lesson of mercy: crowing over his murder of a nameless adversary, a young man who had struck him.
Adam and Eve start again with Seth, and the beginnings of a line of descent is made, with the first born children named, including the mysterious Enoch who managed to recapture something of the relationship with God that Adam and Eve enjoyed in the garden, and was spared death, being taken away by God.
I don't like this dotting about with verses here, verses there. I know Cover to Cover tries to give a chronological journey through the Bible, but this is trying a bit too hard, and is annoying. Hopefully it will settle down soon. On the positive side, at least I get to read 1 Chronicles in very little bits!
