Genesis 3:11

He said to him, “Then who told you that you were naked, if you have not eaten of the tree from which I instructed you that you should not eat?”

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10And he said, “I heard your voice in Paradise, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and so I hid myself.”

12And Adam said, “The woman, whom you gave to me as a companion, gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

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Cross References

Psalms 50:21Then you will accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations, and holocausts. Then they will lay calves upon your altar.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:10-11

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. We have here the arraignment of these deserters before the righteous Judge of heaven and earth, who, though he is not tied to observe formalities, yet proceeds against them with all possible fairness, that he may be justified when he speaks. Observe here, I. The startling question with which God pursued Adam and arrested him: Where art… Read the whole commentary →

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