Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, attractive to look at and desirable for acquiring wisdom, she took some of its fruit and ate. Then she gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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.’

7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they that they were naked, so they sewed fig-leaves together to cover themselves.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:12The man answered, ‘The woman you placed beside me, she gave me fruit from the tree and I ate.’

Genesis 6:2some of the heavenly beings saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful; and they took them as wives, whoever they chose.

Joshua 7:21When I saw among the spoil a splendid robe from Shinar and two hundred shekels in silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. The robe is hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the money under it.’

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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