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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
Larry Crabb (and there are other commentators who say likewise) says that Adam’s silence was his sin. God has dominion through His speaking, so Adam, who was made in God’s image and who was charged to have dominion over the earth and subdue it, was to do so by speaking. Crabb says he should have spoken the truth to subdue the serpent who was clearly leading them to disobey God’s command concerning the tree of knowledge of good and evil. ...
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Originally Posted by Thankful Jane
Here are some verses in Job that lend some further support (other than the “with her” support) to Crabb’s idea that Adam’s transgression was silence:
Job 31:33-34 If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? (R. V.)
Lots of food for thought.
Thankful Jane
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TJ--
These verses in Genesis 3 seem to support what you're saying. By Gen. 3:8, the deed was done. God was walking in the garden and called to Adam. Why didn't God call to Eve? The case could be made that God was holding Adam accountable for the whole thing, since God had given dominion to Adam.
God called to Adam and asked "Where are you?" (He didn't say "Where are ya'll?") Then God asked Adam "Who told you you were naked?"
Eve didn't tell Adam he was naked. Who did? How did they know? (Their eyes had just been opened and they knew they were naked. ) Someone told Adam: not Eve and not God. Let's see...who does that leave... ?
God knew where they were and what they had done. Adam didn't seem to have a clue that due to their disobedience, the fall of man had just taken place. He even blamed God for giving Eve to him for a wife. Adam's need was to take responsibility and own up to his own personal disobedience. The serpent was cursed and Eve was blessed by being the vehicle through whom the head of the serpent will be bruised.
Nell
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?