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Genesis 3:9-14

Listen to Genesis 3:9-14
9 So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"
10 And he said, "I heard You[a] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
11 Then He asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I had commanded you not to eat from?"
12 Then the man replied, "The woman You gave to be with me-she gave me [some fruit] from the tree, and I ate."
13 So the Lord God asked the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate."[b]
14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:9-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO GENESIS 3

In this chapter an account is given of the temptation of our first parents, of the instrument of it, and of their fall into it, and of the effect of it, Ge 3:1-7 their summons upon it to appear before God, against whom they had sinned, Ge 3:8-10 their examination by him, and the excuses they made, Ge 3:11-13 the various sentences passed of the serpent, the woman, and the man, Ge 3:14-19 some incidental things recorded, expressive of faith and hope in man, and of favour to him, Ge 3:20,21 and his expulsion from the garden of Eden, Ge 3:22-24.

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Footnotes 2

  • [a] Lit the sound of You
  • [b] Rm 7:11; 1 Tm 2:14
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