Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the afternoon; and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

In Context

7And the eyes of both were opened, and they perceived that they were naked, and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons to go round them.

9And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, Adam, where art thou?

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Cross References

Genesis 3:10And he said to him, I heard thy voice as thou walkedst in the garden, and I feared because I was naked and I hid myself.

Deuteronomy 5:25And now let us not die, for this great fire will consume us, if we shall hear the voice of the Lord our God anymore, and we shall die.

Job 22:14A cloud is his hiding place, and he shall not be seen; 1 And he passes through the circle of heaven. 1

Job 34:21For he surveys the works of men, 1 And nothing of what they do has escaped him. 1

Psalms 139:1For the end, a Psalm of David. 1

Jeremiah 23:24Shall anyone hide himself in secret places, and I not see him? Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:7-9

The Fall of Man. ( b. c. 4004.) 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his… Read the whole commentary →

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