Genesis 3:12
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Berean Standard Bible
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. I will make for him a suitable helper.”
Genesis 2:22And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him.
1 Samuel 15:15Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”
1 Samuel 15:21The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”
Proverbs 19:3A man’s own folly subverts his way, yet his heart rages against the LORD.
Luke 10:29But wanting to justify himself, he asked 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 →