Full Gen 1:26–30, 2:15–17, 3:14–19 in context. Both readings of the classification surfaced honestly: Reformed (covenant of works, broken; the seed-promise of 3:15 inaugurates the covenant of grace) per Westminster Confession ch. 7 and Owen. Dispensational (Edenic vs. Adamic split, Gen 1–2 as creation-mandate, Gen 3:14–19 as the post-fall Adamic dispensation) per Scofield. Some traditions deny an explicit Adamic covenant altogether (Gen 1–3 as creation-order rather than covenantal). Surface all three; do not adjudicate.
The Adamic Covenant
Gen 1–3, humanity in Adam, before and after the fall.
Primary passage:Genesis 3:15 →
Commentary
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Key passage
"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."
Cross-references
- Gen 1:28Be fruitful and multiply — the original mandate.
- Gen 3:15The Seed Promise — protoevangelium given as the curse is announced.
- Rom 5:12Sin entered through one man — the Adamic head.
- 1 Cor 15:22In Adam all die; in Christ all made alive.
Typological connection
The Adamic covenant is broken at Genesis 3, but the Seed Promise (3:15) is given in the same breath, the first messianic statement, embedded in the announcement of the curse.
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