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Today, we're diving into the original Hebrew of Genesis to unlock two incredible linguistic details that change how we read Scripture—plus a few surprise Hebrew word connections you won't want to miss.

First, in Genesis 1:26, God says, 'Let us make man in our image (tselem) according to our likeness (demut).' But fast-forward to Genesis 5:3, after sin enters the world, and Adam fathered a son in his own likeness (demut) and after his image (tselem). Notice the inversion? The order is flipped upside down—a structural clue that humanity was inverted after the Fall.

Second, we'll look at God's warning in Genesis 2:16–17: 'On the day that you eat from it, you will certainly die.' In Hebrew, words the words 'eat' and 'die' are doubled for absolute certainty. We’ll trace how Jesus directly answers this Hebrew emphasis in John 11:25–26, declaring that whoever believes in Him—the Resurrection and the Life—will doubly never, no die.

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Jesus said, for those who have ears to hear, let them hear.

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