Genesis 3:10-20

10 He said, "¹I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."

11 And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"

12 ²The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate."

13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "³The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

14 The LORD God said to the serpent, "⁴Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And ⁵dust you will eat All the days of your life;

15 And I will put ⁶enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; ⁷He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel."

16 To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will ⁸bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And ⁹he will rule over you."

17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; ¹⁰Cursed is the ground because of you; ¹¹In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.

18 "Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field;

19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you ¹²return to the ground, Because ¹³from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return."

20 Now the man called his wife's name ¹⁴Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

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Genesis 3:10-20 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.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 14

1. Exodus 20:18, 19; Deuteronomy 5:25
2. Job 31:33; Proverbs 28:13
3. 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:14
4. Deuteronomy 28:15-20
5. Isaiah 65:25; Micah 7:17
6. Revelation 12:17
7. Romans 16:20
8. John 16:21; 1 Timothy 2:15
9. 1 Corinthians 14:34
10. Genesis 5:29; Romans 8:20-22; Hebrews 6:8
11. Job 5:7; Job 14:1; Ecclesiastes 2:23
12. Psalms 90:3; Psalms 104:29; Ecclesiastes 12:7
13. Genesis 2:7
14. 2 Corinthians 11:3; 1 Timothy 2:13

Footnotes 5

[a]. Or "crush"
[b]. Lit "and your pregnancy, conception"
[c]. Or "sorrow"
[d]. Lit "plant"
[e]. I.e. living; or life