Genesis 3:1
Now the snake was craftier than any other wild beast that the Lord God had made. It said to the woman, ‘Has God really said, “You must not eat from any tree of the garden”?’
Open English Bible (UK)
In The King James Version
In Context
2The woman answered, ‘We are allowed to eat the fruit of all the trees of the garden;
Cross References
Matthew 4:6‘If you are God’s Son, throw yourself down, for scripture says – “He will give his angels commands about you, and on their hands they will lift you up, so you do not even strike your foot against a stone.”’
Matthew 10:16‘Remember, I am sending you out as my messengers like sheep among wolves. So be as wise as snakes, and as blameless as doves.
2 Corinthians 11:14And no wonder; for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
Revelation 12:9Then the great Dragon, the primeval snake, known as the “devil” and “Satan,” who deceives all the world, was hurled down to the earth, and his angels were hurled down with him.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:1
The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. In the foregoing chapters we have had the pleasant view of the holiness and happiness of our first parents, the grace and favour of God, and the peace and beauty of the whole creation, all good, very good; but here the scene is altered. We have here an account of the sin and misery of our first parents, the wrath and curse of God against them, the peace of the creation disturbed, and its beauty stained and… Read the whole commentary →