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Getting To Know God
Posted on November 12th, 2012 No commentsGenesis 2
25) On the seventh day, God rested from all his work. (He rests!)
26) God sent rain on the earth for the fields.
27) God formed man from the dust of the ground. He breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life.
28) God planted a garden in the east, in Eden, and he put the man in the garden.
29) God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (Why did God put them there? He knew how weak man is. Maybe everything has worked according to his plan!)
30) A river watering the garden flowed from Eden.
31) God thought of everything!
32) In the land of Havilah, there was gold. Resin and onyx were also there. (Why did God create them? He must have had a reason.)
33) God put man in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. (We are to care for the things entrusted to us!)
34) God warned the man not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when he eats of it he will surely die. (Clear instructions!)
35) God tells the truth!
36) God saw the need of man to not be alone, so he made a helper suitable for man.
37) God cares about us!
38) God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air.
39) God brought the animals and the birds to the man to see what he would name them. (That was a huge job!)
40) God saw that for Adam, no suitable helper was found from the animals and birds that he named.
41) God put Adam to sleep and took one of the man’s ribs. He closed up the place with flesh. Then God made a woman from the rib and brought her to the man. (Amazing!)
**More names of God:
c) the Lord (Genesis 2:4)
5 responses to “Getting To Know God”
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Thanks for sharing your Bible study w/us. A friend told me that “helper” doesn’t really describe the importance of Eve’s role. In the original language, the idea was that Adam’s task was so large & overwhelming that he could never do it by himself. He needed Eve. In English, “helper” sounds more like a servant – like Adam just needed a housekeeper. My friend explained to me that Adam couldn’t really accomplish the vision that God set out for him by himself.
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jadijohnson November 16th, 2012 at 15:42
Rhonda, I love what you wrote about Eve. I agree that the word “helper” makes Eve look like a servant instead of an equal to Adam. I like the NIV, but I sometimes worry that something gets lost in the translation. Thanks for commenting!
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pelicanflies November 26th, 2012 at 01:04
I recall the marriage arrangement with man being the head and women, his body. How good is a head without his body (from neck to the bottom of the feet). Just the head that plans, talks, breathes, feels, smells, and sees, but it cannot accomplish anything without the help of hands and legs and the rest.
Pelicanflies
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pelicanflies November 26th, 2012 at 02:40
Jadijohnson and Rhonda,
Sorry that I had pushed the button too soon for my previous comment. Please ignore it or discard it if you can.
What I meant is that work is more easily and effectively accomplished when two work as one and they can do much more in shorter time. Cultivating the Garden is more than one person can handle. Two people can enjoy the fruit of their work more joyfully than one person who labors alone.
The word “helper” sound more inferior than the one who is helped, but a helper is an important person. No employer wants to hire a person whom he thinks is not helpful to the advancement of his business.
It is sad that the language of this world is too limited to express God’s mind.
It is best not to compare the importance of titles and positions. Whatever title and position God assigned to us we just learn to humbly accept it with joy and with thankfulness.
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jadijohnson November 26th, 2012 at 15:26
Thanks for your comment, pelicanflies! You have some good input.
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rhonda November 16th, 2012 at 12:02