Genesis 2

Introduction

Resolve

Genesis 2:1-3 “Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.”

Creation is complete

6 days to create

Creation a work of God

Work is completed

7th day is rest

3rd blessing

God blessed and sanctified the 7th day

Genesis 1 - Everything is Good

Genesis 2:1-3 - Sanctified the 7th day

Genesis 2:4-25 - Nothing to be ashamed of - When God’s creation is pursuing God’s purpose, there is nothing to be ashamed.

Genesis 2:4-25

Generations - Course of History - Separation lines

Genesis 2:4 “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,”

Genesis 5:1 “This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;”

Genesis 6:9 “These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.”

Genesis 10:1 “Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood.”

Genesis 11:10 “These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood:”

Genesis 11:27 “Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot.”

Genesis 25:12-13 “Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham: And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,”

Genesis 25:19 “And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham’s son: Abraham begat Isaac:”

Genesis 36:1 “Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom.”

Genesis 36:9 “And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir:”

Genesis 37:2 “These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father’s wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report.”

We are introduced to a new name for God - Jehovah

Genesis 2:4 “These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,”

LORD - Self-existing - based upon how this name is used - more personal an intimate

LORD comes before God

How did God water the vegetation?

Genesis 2:6 “But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”

Not with rain

A midst

Man

Genesis 2:7 “And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.”

Formed - Squeezed into shape

Dust of the ground

God breathed life into him

Living soul

Eden

Genesis 2:8-10 “And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.”

Had a Garden on the east side

Trees in garden that is pleasant to sight and good to eat

2 particular trees

Tree of life

Tree of knowledge of good and evil

River in garden to water the garden.

Rivers -

Pison - Havilah - Genesis 2:11 “The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;”

Gold, bdellium and onyx stone

Gihon - Genesis 2:13 “And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.”

Hiddekel - Genesis 2:14 “And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.”

Euphrates - Genesis 2:14 “And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.”

Man’s responsibility

Purpose of the Garden - Genesis 2:15 “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”

To dress - Till the ground

To keep it - To guard and protect

Command - Genesis 2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Name creation - Genesis 2:19-20 “And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.”

Man’s helpmate - Genesis 2:21-25 “And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”

Woman’s purpose - to be a helpmeet to their husband

So man is not alone

Made out of man’s rib

Unity in marriage

The scene

Time - Creation

Conflict - No one to work the garden - Genesis 2:5 “And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.”

Rising action - But God - Genesis 2:6 “But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.”

Climax - Man - Genesis 2:15 “And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.”

Falling Action - 2 trees - Genesis 2:17 “But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.”

Resolution - they were not ashamed - Genesis 2:25 “And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.”