Genesis 3:4

Then the snake said to the woman, ‘You will not die!

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In The King James Version

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

In Context

3it is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God has said, “You must not eat from it, nor should you touch it, for if you do, you will die.”’

5God knows that on the day you eat some of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like gods, knowing what is good and what is evil.’

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13The Lord God said to the woman, ‘What is this that you have done?’ The woman replied, ‘The snake deceived me, and I ate.’

John 8:44As for you, you are children of your father the devil, and you are determined to do what your father loves to do. He was a murderer from the first, and did not stand by the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he does what is natural to him; because he is a liar, and the father of lying.

2 Corinthians 11:3Yet I fear that it may turn out that, just as the snake by his craftiness deceived Eve, so your minds may have lost the loyalty and purity due from you to the Christ.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:2-6

The Tempter's Subtlety; The Tempter's Importunity ( b. c. 4004.) 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the… Read the whole commentary →

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