Genesis 3:10

he replied, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.”

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In The King James Version

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

In Context

9When the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

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?”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked, so they sewed fig-leaves together to cover themselves.

Psalms 119:120In awe of you, my body trembles, I fear your judgments.

1 John 3:20though our conscience condemns us, God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.

Revelation 16:15(‘I am coming like a thief! Happy will he be who is on the watch, and keeps his clothing at hand, so that he will not have to walk about unclothed and let men see his nakedness.’)

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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