Genesis 3:11

God asked him, “How did you learn you were naked? From that tree, the One that Teaches People About Good and Bad, did you eat food from that?”

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10He replied, “Yes, I heard you walking at the water-hole. I was naked. Because of that I was afraid, I hid from you.

12The man said to him, “You gave me this woman. She [emphasised] gave me (food) from that tree. I ate the food.”

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Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:10-11

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. We have here the arraignment of these deserters before the righteous Judge of heaven and earth, who, though he is not tied to observe formalities, yet proceeds against them with all possible fairness, that he may be justified when he speaks. Observe here, I. The startling question with which God pursued Adam and arrested him: Where art… Read the whole commentary →

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