Genesis 3:12

And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

11And God said to him, Who told thee that thou wast naked, unless thou hast eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it alone not to eat?

13And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone, let us make for him a help suitable to him.

Genesis 2:22And God formed the rib which he took from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.

1 Samuel 15:15And Saul said, I have brought them out of Amalek, that which the people preserved, even the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, that it might be sacrificed to the Lord thy God, and the rest have I utterly destroyed.

1 Samuel 15:21But the people took of the spoils the best flocks and herds out of that which was destroyed, to sacrifice before the Lord our God in Gilgal.

Proverbs 19:3The folly of a man spoils his ways: 1 And he blames God in his heart. 1

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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