Genesis 3:4

And the serpent said to the woman. Not to die will you die:

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, the Lord hath said, You shall not eat of it, nor approach to it, lest you die.

5for it is manifest before the Lord, that in the day in which you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be ( ki-rabrebin) as the Great-ones, knowing good and evil.

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13And the Lord God said to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent led me astray, and I did eat.

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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