Genesis 3:12
And Adam said, “The woman, whom you gave to me as a companion, gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”
Catholic Public Domain 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
Cross References
Genesis 2:18The Lord God also said: “It is not good for the man to be alone. Let us make a helper for him similar to himself.”
Genesis 2:22And the Lord God built up the rib, which he took from Adam, into a woman. And he led her to Adam.
1 Samuel 15:15And Saul said: “They have brought these from Amalek. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the herds, so that they might be immolated to the Lord your God. Yet truly, the remainder we have slain.”
1 Samuel 15:21But the people took some of the spoils, sheep and oxen, as the first-fruits of those things that were slain, to immolate to the Lord their God at Gilgal.”
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of a man undermines his steps. And then he seethes in his soul against God.
Luke 10:29But since he wanted to justify himself, he 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 →