Daily Devotions
My Song In The Night (Genesis)
我夜间的歌曲《创世记》
Text: Genesis 2: 8-17
MEDITATION
Genesis 2:8-17
8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.
9 And out of the ground the LORD God made every tree grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it parted and became four riverheads.
11 The name of the first is Pishon; it is the one which skirts the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
12 And the gold of that land is good. Bdellium and the onyx stone are there.
13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it is the one which goes around the whole land of Cush.
14 The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it is the one which goes toward the east of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates.
15 Then the LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
MEANINGFUL APPLICATION TO LIFE
1. God’s bountiful provision
a. God planted a garden.
b. Fruits from many trees.
c. Water supply for the garden.
d. The tree of life was in the garden!
2. God’s entrusting of responsibility to Man
a. He is to tend the garden.
b. He is to keep it.
c. He may benefit from all God’s provision.
3. A test given
a. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
b. Adam must not eat from this tree.
c. The penalty of disobedience was death.
d. There was no reason to fail this test.
经文：创世记 2：8-17
沉思
《创世记 2：8-17》
8耶和华神在东方的伊甸立了一个园子，把所造的人安置在那里。
9耶和华神使各样的树从地里长出来，可以悦人的眼目，其上的果子好做食物。园子当中又有生命树和分别善恶的树。
10有河从伊甸流出来，滋润那园子，从那里分为四道。
11第一道名叫比逊，就是环绕哈腓拉全地的。在那里有金子，
12并且那地的金子是好的，在那里又有珍珠和红玛瑙。
13 第二道河名叫基训，就是环绕古实全地的。
14 第三道河名叫底格里斯，流在亚述的东边。第四道河就是幼发拉底河。
15耶和华神将那人安置在伊甸园，使他修理看守。
16耶和华神吩咐他说：“园中各样树上的果子，你可以随意吃；17只是分别善恶树上的果子，你不可吃，因为你吃的日子必定死。”