Genesis 3:12

The man answered, “Yes, I did eat the fruit. That woman you gave me. She's the one, she gave it to me.”

Barkly (portions)

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

11God asked the man, “Why are you shamed to have no clothes on? Did you eat some of the fruit that I told you not to eat?”

13Then the Lord God said to the woman, “Why did you do that?” The woman said, “That snake tricked me. That is why I ate the fruit.”

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to live by himself. I am going to make a partner to help him with his work.”

Genesis 2:22Then the Lord God used that rib bone to make a woman. And when the man woke up, God took the woman to the man.

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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