Genesis 3:4

The snake said to the woman, “No. That's not right. You will not 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 God did say, ‘You must not eat any of the fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and don't even touch the fruit. If you do, you will die.’”

5God knows that if you eat fruit from that tree, you will be like God and you will know what is good and what is really bad.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13Then 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.”

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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