Bible in a Year - Women’s Thematic Reading Plan | Day 3 

JANUARY 3 / Day 3

Eve: Temptation and the Fall 

📖  Genesis Chapter 3

A Minute of Grace

Genesis Chapter 3 records the beginning of mankind’s fall. The serpent speaks with craftiness, first causing Eve to question God’s Word and then to misunderstand God’s heart. Eve sees that the fruit of the tree is good for food, pleasant to the eyes, and desirable to make one wise. She takes of the fruit and eats, and then gives it to her husband, who also eats.

After sin enters, the relationships that were once marked by openness and trust are immediately fractured. The man and the woman feel shame. They hide from God. They begin to shift blame. Adam blames Eve, and Eve blames the serpent. The relationship that was meant for love, support, and companionship becomes marked by fear, shame, accusation, and distance.

Yet even after humanity sins, God still comes seeking. He asks, “Where art thou?” This question is not because God does not know where Adam is. It is the voice of God calling the hiding sinner out into the open. Judgment is real. The consequences of sin are real. But even in this chapter, God also gives the first light of redemption. He declares that the seed of the woman will bruise the serpent’s head, pointing us forward to the hope of the gospel.

Today’s theme, “Temptation and the Fall,” is not meant to leave us trapped in failure or shame. It reminds us that sin does destroy relationships—but God’s grace still seeks, covers, and saves.

Whispers for the Heart

1 When the serpent speaks to Eve, he first twists God’s Word and then causes her to question God’s goodness. Do you ever hear similar voices in your own heart? “Does God really love you?” “Does He really know what is best for you?” “Do you really need to obey Him?”

2 Eve sees that the fruit is pleasant to the eyes and desirable to make one wise. What in your life may appear good, reasonable, attractive, or even beneficial, yet may be quietly leading your heart away from God’s Word and His boundaries?

3 After they sin, Adam and Eve cover themselves, hide from God, and shift blame. When you fail, struggle, or face conflict in relationships, are you more likely to hide, defend yourself, blame others, or come honestly before God?

4 God asks Adam, “Where art thou?” This question still speaks to every hiding heart. Where do you need to stop running today and return to God for His light, forgiveness, and healing?

As you read Genesis Chapter 3 today, come with a humble heart. Ask God to help you see the seriousness of sin and the greater reality of His grace; to recognize how temptation enters the heart; and to behold the God who still comes seeking those who hide.

Before you begin reading, take a quiet moment. Ask the Lord to shine His light on the places in your heart where you may be doubting Him, hiding from Him, or blaming others. Ask Him to strengthen your heart again with His truth.

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🪕 Response Hymn: Calling from the Burning Bush 

Genesis 3 ( KJV)

3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6 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.

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

🪕 Response Hymn: Calling from the Burning Bush 

💡 Closing Thought · Returning to the Light 

After reading Genesis Chapter 3, we cannot pretend that sin is a small thing that stays hidden inside one person. Sin causes us to doubt God, avoid God, and distance ourselves from others. It brings shame, blame, control, fear, and separation into relationships. But this chapter also shows us that even when humanity hides in failure, God still comes seeking. Even when sin brings judgment, God still gives the promise of redemption.

As you close this page and return to your day, you may face very real temptations: a blaming word waiting to be spoken, a mistake you want to hide, a desire to control what you cannot trust God with, or a choice that quietly pulls your heart away from His Word. Let today’s Scripture remind you that temptation is often most dangerous not when it looks evil, but when it looks reasonable, attractive, and “good for me.”

When you feel ashamed, when you want to run, or when you are tempted to shift responsibility in a relationship, remember God’s question: “Where art thou?” This is not a cold interrogation. It is the call of grace seeking the one who hides. May you not remain in fear, but return to the light of God. May you not be led by lies, but strengthened by truth. May you not stay trapped in failure, but walk step by step toward repentance, healing, and renewal.

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