🍞 Genesis 3

Genesis 3 is a real chapter from the Old Testament. It starts, “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”” That is not a motto invented for a poster. It is the first sentence a family hears when this page is opened at night.

Keep going a little further. The chapter also says, “Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”” Genesis 3 opens with these words: “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You…” The line to keep is Genesis 3:1: “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any…” Carry the word “serpent” from that verse into the rest of the day.

The line worth learning out loud is Genesis 3:1: “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’”” If the rest of the chapter feels crowded, hold that one sentence until the room is quiet.

What happens first in Genesis 3? Then try this: Read “Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the…” once more. What does it show you about God? You do not have to finish every verse. You can close the book after the memory verse and still have read the Bible together.