Category: Bible Study

Join me Tuesday, November 17, 2020 for Part 3 of the Marriage & Relationship: Modern Conflicts vs. Biblical Principles virtual study. We will explore the marriage of Adam/Adamah & Chavah/Eve and the relationship between Man/Woman and Human/Spirit.

Text: Genesis 1-5, Revelation 22

Discussion Questions

• What are your ideas of manhood and womanhood?
• When you think of two people joining in marriage, what does that represent to you?
• Do you see husband and wife as an equal partnership or as an hierarchal relationship?
• What is your interpretation of the following verses?
  • The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” (Gen 2:15-17)
  • Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” (Gen 2:18)
  • Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one shall be called Woman, for out of Man this one was taken.” (Gen 2:23)
  • Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. (Gen 2:24)
  • And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. (Gen 2:25)
  • “I will greatly increase your pangs in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.” (Gen 3:16)
  • cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” (Gen 3:17-19)

Questions from Study Partners

Dorina:

• What’s the situation with a believer marrying a non believer?
• Do we have to walk with other Christians or can you walk alone?

Key Words to Explore

• join/cleave
• side (translated as rib)
• desire
• human
• spirit
• man
• woman
• breath

Here are some resources I’ve been digging into for this discussion. 

• “It may surprise English readers that the word adam is a neutral term meaning “human,” not specifically a man. In the original Hebrew text, all references to Adam are neutral until God takes some of Adam’s flesh and makes a woman: ishah, in Hebrew. Only at that point is Adam called ish, a man.” ~ Lois Tverberg
  • https://engediresourcecenter.com/2015/07/02/ish-isah-together-fully-human/
• “The Jewish sages teach God took one side of man, he split the man in  half and formed a woman from one side and a man from the other side.  He recreated this human into two separate beings from one being.” ~ Chaim & Laurahttps://www.chaimbentorah.com/2018/05/hebrew-word-study-woman/
• “Translation is by definition, commentary. – Sara Esther Crispe
  • https://www.chabad.org/theJewishWoman/article_cdo/aid/335943/jewish/Chavah-Mother-of-All-Life.htm
• Chavah vs. Eve: The reason for this difference is the difficulty English speakers experience when learning to properly pronounce the Hebrew letter ‘Chet’ ח}}which appears at the beginning of the Hebrew name ‘CHavah’ (*in the old Latin translation of the Bible it appears as ‘Hava’).
  • https://www.hebrewversity.com/humanitys-first-mother-hebrew-insights-name/
  • https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/246606/jewish/The-Story-of-Adam-and-Eve-in-the-Bible.htm
• As children of Adam, we are earthly—we have a connection with adamah. And that is why we must be born again (John 3:3). Only a relationship with Jesus Christ can break us free from the Adamic curse and the Adamic fate.
  • https://www.gotquestions.org/meaning-of-adamah.html
• tsêlâ‘, ”side” -צֵלָע  (Strong’s #6763); An architectural term, used mostly in intricate descriptions of sanctuary and temple construction. The KJV translates Strong’s H6763 in the following manner: side (19x), chamber (11x), boards (2x), corners (2x), rib (2x), another (1x), beams (1x), halting (1x), leaves (1x), planks (1x)
  • https://www.studylight.org/language-studies/hebrew-thoughts.html?article=870
  • https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=h6763
  • For the other biblical uses of tsela see Exodus 25:12,14; 26:20,26,27,35; 27:7; 30:4; 36:25,31,32; 37:3,5,27; 38:7.  2Samuel 16:13 1Kings 6:5,8,15,16,34; 7:3 Job 18:12 Jeremiah 20:10 Ezekiel 41: 5,6,7,8,9,11,26
• desirehttps://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/desire/http://www.walkintruth.net/chapters-1-4/genesis-3-desire.html

PS: There’s no obligation to read what I read 😉 but it should all be very helpful for your studies.