Genesis 3:7-17

7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they [were] naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and they made for themselves coverings.
8 Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden {at the windy time of day}. And the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
9 And Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, "Where [are] you?"
10 And he replied, "I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I [am] naked, so I hid myself."
11 Then he asked, "Who told you that you [were] naked? Have you eaten from {the tree from which I forbade you to eat}?"
12 And the man replied, "The woman whom you gave [to be] with me--she gave to me from the tree and I ate."
13 Then Yahweh God said to the woman, "What [is] this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
14 Then Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you [will be] cursed more than any domesticated animal and more than any wild animal. On your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
15 And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will strike you [on the] head, and you will strike him [on the] heel."
16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase {your pain in childbearing}; in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband [shall be] your desire. And he shall rule over you."
17 And to Adam he said, "Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree {from which I forbade you to eat}, the ground [shall be] cursed on your account. In pain you shall eat [from] it all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:7-17 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.

Footnotes 17

  • [a]. Or "And"
  • [b]. Or "And"
  • [c]. Literally "at the wind of the day"
  • [d]. "The man" indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  • [e]. "The man" indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  • [f]. Literally "And he said"; "replied" distinguishes Adam as the speaker
  • [g]. That is, Yahweh God
  • [h]. Or "said"
  • [i]. Literally "the tree which I commanded to not eat from it"
  • [j]. "The man" indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  • [k]. Or "said"
  • [l]. Or "And"
  • [m]. Or "And"
  • [n]. Literally "seed"
  • [o]. Literally "seed"
  • [p]. The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
  • [q]. Literally "from the tree which I commanded saying not to eat from it"
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