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Genesis 3 · For teachers and parents

Answer Key: The First Sin and God's Promise

Answers here are a guide. Welcome any answer that shows a child is thinking about the story, and celebrate their effort. Talk About It questions are open, so they have no set answers.

PreschoolGod Still Cared

snaketreefruitheart

Coloring and finding page: any careful coloring is a win. Help your child point to and name each picture above.

KindergartenGod Takes Care

SNAKE → picture 2TREE → picture 4FRUIT → picture 1LOVE → picture 3

Grade 1Adam and Eve Disobey

The sneaky serpent → picture 3The fruit God said not to eat → picture 2Adam and Eve hid among the trees → picture 4God made clothes for them → picture 1

Order:

1. She took some of its fruit, and ate2. They sewed fig leaves together3. Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife4. Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden

Grade 2Adam and Eve Disobey God

  1. What did God tell Adam and Eve not to do? Not to eat from one tree (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil)
  2. Who told Eve a lie? The serpent
  3. What did Adam and Eve do after they ate the fruit? They felt ashamed and hid from God.
  4. What did God make for Adam and Eve? Clothes
  5. What did God promise? That one day He would send Someone to defeat the serpent (evil).

Grade 3Sin Enters the World

  1. What lie did the serpent tell Eve? That she would not die if she ate the fruit (and would be like God).
  2. How did Adam and Eve feel after they disobeyed? Ashamed (they knew they were naked)
  3. Whom did Adam blame? Whom did Eve blame? Adam blamed Eve; Eve blamed the serpent.
  4. What did God make for Adam and Eve to wear? Clothes from animal skins
  5. What promise did God make about the serpent? One of the woman's children (offspring) would crush the serpent's head; Christians have read this as pointing to Jesus.
1: She took some of its fruit, and ate2: They sewed fig leaves together3: Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife4: Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden

Grade 4The Fall and the First Promise

  1. How did the serpent tempt Eve? He twisted God's words, made God seem unkind, and lied that she would not die but would be like God.
  2. What did Adam and Eve do when they heard God in the garden? They hid.
  3. Why did God ask, Where are you? He was inviting them to come to Him and confess (He already knew).
  4. Name two ways God showed grace to Adam and Eve. He made clothes of skin for them and promised the offspring who would crush the serpent's head.

Word bank: 1. God; 2. fruit; 3. Adam; 4. sin

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

Grade 5Temptation, Sin and Grace

  1. How did the serpent's temptation begin, and why does that matter? With a question that made Eve doubt God's word. Temptation often starts by doubting God's word and goodness.
  2. What three things attracted Eve to the fruit? It was good for food, pleasing to the eyes, and desirable to make one wise.
  3. Give two relationships that sin broke right away. Between Adam and Eve (shame, blame) and between people and God (fear, hiding).
  4. What is promised in Genesis 3:15? The woman's offspring would crush (bruise) the serpent's head, while the serpent would bruise his heel; Christians see this fulfilled in Jesus.
  5. What did God do to cover Adam and Eve's shame? He made garments of skin and clothed them.

Word bank: 1. fruit; 2. Adam; 3. Sin; 4. God; 5. tree

Think About It: answers will vary. Look for answers that connect to the passage.

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