Common Sense Commentary: One of the most unbecoming and unreasonable human traits is the inclination people have, when they make mistakes or get into trouble, is to blame someone else. This human tendency to point the blame finger away from ourselves has been going on since Adam and Eve. "And (the serpent) said unto the woman ...." Gen.3:1. "And the woman said unto the serpent.."
Gen.3:2. "And the serpent said unto the woman ..." Gen.3:4. 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. ....And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him,.... Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? ....And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 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." Gen. 3:6-13.
I'm sure, at this point, the serpent turned to see who he could blame ... but nobody else was there.
This human encounter with temptation and sin, which ended in the man blaming "the woman" and God Himself, who gave "the woman" to him in the first place, is typically human. When Adam turned and blamed "the woman" ... and God too, for giving her to him, the woman turned and blamed the serpent for "beguiling" her.
Please notice that after both Eve and then Adam had disobeyed God and eaten of the forbidden tree, God did not "call unto Eve" but He "Called unto Adam" to give account of himself.
The fact is, the man was primarily to blame because God chose to put the man in charge of his own household to protect his wife and children from evil influences, and Adam failed to put a stop to the conversation Eve had with Satan, the serpent. It is in error to say Adam was not there to take charge and protect his wife. Verse 6 says, he was right there with her ..."....she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." I totally understand their not wanting to accept the blame for what they each did. Its bad enough to blame others for our failures and sins .... but Adam not only blamed Eve, he even blamed God....."The woman whom thou gavest to be with me...."
It is quite common for men who come in drunk to blame their wives and wives to say, "The devil made me do it", but God says,
"Every one of us shall give account of himself to God..."
Rom.14:12. No matter how unbearable your wife or husband or mother or father might have been, it will not justify us before God to blame others for our sins and failures. Every husband, wife, father, mother, friend and employer .... makes some unjust decisions, mistakes, failures and even sins in some of the things they do or say. They will answer to God for all of those things, but YOU will also answer for your own sins .... not them.
It has come to my attention many times that those who are quickest to blame others for their sins and failures in life are the same ones who have, by their own actions, caused many others to stumble and sin against God.
As someone once reminded us all; when we point our blame finger at others, we are pointing three blame fingers back at ourselves. RB
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