Genesis 3:6 (KJV) She Took

Genesis 3:6 (KJV)
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

It would be an error to say that the word “took” is always negative. In obedience to the Lord, Joseph took the young child, Jesus, and His mother and went to Egypt. On the other hand, it is evident that, in this case, Eve took of this fruit in disobedience. The word itself speaks of willfulness. Among the definitions the Brown Driver Briggs Dictionary gives for the Hebrews word in this passage is:

• To capture
• To seize
• To take away

Picture Eve here. She stopped to reason with the serpent, and he won. Being deceived, she entertained a notion God had undeniably forbidden her. And she took. 

• She seized what was not hers
• She laid hold of what she was forbidden, and in doing so,
• She took away what God had promised the two of them 

We live in a world filled with takers.

• Some take without giving
• Some take what is not theirs to take
• Some take believing they deserve to have it
• Some take the life of another without compassion

What we need right now is a world full of givers yes, but also a world filled with people who will receive as God gives and rejoice in it.

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Genesis 3:6 (KJV) She Took

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