Genesis 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

In Context

11And he said, Who told thee that thou was naked? Have thou eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee that thou should not eat?

13And LORD God said to the woman, What is this thou have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make a help meet for him.

Genesis 2:22And the rib, which LORD God had taken from the man, he made a woman, and brought her to the man.

1 Samuel 15:15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to LORD thy God, and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:21But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to LORD thy God in Gilgal.

Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of a man subverts his way, and his heart rages against LORD.

Luke 10:29But he, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:12-14

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. We have here the offenders found guilty by their own confession, and yet endeavouring to excuse and extenuate their fault. They could not confess… Read the whole commentary →

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