Genesis 3:4

The snake said, “No. That is not true. You won't die.

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In The King James Version

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

In Context

3but we can't eat the fruit from just one tree in the middle. God told us, ‘Don't eat the fruit of that tree and don't touch it.’ If we touch it we will die.”

5God said that to you because he knows that if you eat that fruit you will be like God, and you will know what is good and what is bad.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “Why did you do that?” She answered, “The snake tricked me and I ate it.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:2-6

The Tempter's Subtlety; The Tempter's Importunity ( b. c. 4004.) 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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