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1 | Who are Us? | Gen 3:22 | BMyers | 197837 | ||
My understanding the 'Us' is God who is speaking on behalf of all the heavenly host. The 'take also' is referring to them eating the fruit of life just as they had eaten the fruit of tree of good/evil. The phrasing of the scripture can make it a little confusing. I don't care for paraphrased Bibles much, but once in a while they come in handy. 22 Then the LORD God said, "Look, the human beings* have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!" |
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2 | Re-phrasing creates more questions... | Gen 3:22 | Jody bug | 197855 | ||
Ok, so maybe I'm thinking too much about this, but in this paraphrased version it's almost like God is concerned that if they stay in the garden they may eat from the tree of life? So, why is the fact that they(we) would live forever such a concern? Especially since God offers us this through salvation in Christ Jesus. I can think of reasons like our human bodies weren't meant to live forever, and/or that it wasn't part of God's plan (I can accept I won't know why God does things the way he does all the time). This just seems like an odd thing to throw into the scripture. So, why would this have been included. Maybe to give us an answer why Adam and Eve had to leave? But then I still think there must be more meaning here than I'm grasping. I can't believe some times how many layers there are to scripture. |
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3 | Re-phrasing creates more questions... | Gen 3:22 | DocTrinsograce | 197859 | ||
Duplicate question. | ||||||