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Genesis 3:2

Eve replied to the serpent, “We can eat from the trees in the garden, but not the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden.

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In The King James Version

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

In Context

1The serpent was more cunning than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. He asked Eve, “Did God really say that you can't eat fruit from every tree in the garden?”

3God told us, ‘You mustn't eat from that tree, or even touch it, otherwise you'll die.’”

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Cross References

Psalms 58:4They have venom like that of a poisonous snake, and just like a cobra they stop listening,

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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