Genesis 3:12

The man answered, ‘The woman you placed beside me, she gave me fruit from the tree and I ate.’

Open English Bible (UK)

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

11The Lord God said, ‘Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree from which I ordered you not to eat?’

13The Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good for the human to be alone; I will make a helper suited to him.’

Genesis 2:22With the rib which he had taken from the human, the Lord built up a woman and brought her to the human.

Luke 10:29But the man, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, ‘And who is my neighbour?’

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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