Genesis 3:8
And when they had heard the voice of the Lord God taking a walk in Paradise in the afternoon breeze, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of Paradise.
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In The King James Version
In Context
9And the Lord God called Adam and said to him: “Where are you?”
Cross References
Genesis 3:10And he said, “I heard your voice in Paradise, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and so I hid myself.”
Deuteronomy 5:25Therefore, why should we die, and why should this very great fire devour us? For if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we will die.
Job 22:14and, “The clouds are his hiding-place,” and, “He does not examine us closely,” and, “He makes his rounds at the limits of the heavens.”
Job 34:21For his eyes are upon the ways of men, and he examines all of their steps.
Psalms 139:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Jeremiah 23:24If a man is hidden in concealed places, do I not see him, says the Lord? Do I not fill up heaven and earth, says the Lord?
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:7-9
The Fall of Man. ( b. c. 4004.) 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his… Read the whole commentary →