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An Echo

Posted on by jovial_cynic
Genesis 4 is not merely the consequence of Genesis 3. It’s a retelling of it. The stories have an echo that get louder every time.

In Genesis 3, we have:

Adam: A tiller of the ground -> fruit -> broken relationship -> a curse of death -> God’s protection (covering) -> the man has a son.

In Genesis 4, we have:

Cain: A tiller of the ground, -> fruit -> broken relationship -> a curse of death -> God’s protection (a mark) -> he has a son.

Cain’s Mark

Posted on by jovial_cynic
In the story of the woman caught in adultery, perhaps the mark Jesus draws in the sand is the same mark God draws on Cain. Perhaps the miracle here is that the men in the story walk away because they suddenly don’t remember her sin.

Perhaps it’s a story of a fresh start.

“I, even I, am he who blots out
your transgressions, for my own sake,
and remembers your sins no more.
Genesis 43:25 (NIV)