NOTES for Gen 3:9-24

How much what we read today in Genesis resembles our own life. After this it is hard to doubt that the Bible is not a book about someone somewhere, but about us. Having violated God's will, Adam and Eve hide, just as we usually do. When asked directly whether he ate the fruit, Adam does not answer "yes." He says: "The woman You gave me talked me into it, and so I ate." Of course, I have nothing to do with it; You Yourself gave me such a wife, so You are to blame for everything, and she is to blame too, while I am actually the injured party...

When asked directly, Eve answers: "The serpent deceived me; I have nothing to do with it either." Someone else is always to blame. We so dislike bearing responsibility for our actions... But one can deceive people, and even oneself, but one cannot deceive the Lord. He sees hearts... So it is better for us too to look at our own heart objectively, without trying to deceive either ourselves or others.