Genesis 3:4

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t surely die,

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

In Context

3but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’” + 3:3 Compare what the woman says with what God told the man in (Gen 2:16). + 3:3 Compare (Gen 2:7, 2:16) with (Gen 3:3-4, 3:23-24). What kind of death is God referring to as punishment?

5for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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Cross References

Genesis 3:13Adonai God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

John 8:44You are of your Abba father, the devil [Accuser], and you want to do the epithumia ·lusts, desires· of 'Avikah ·your Father·. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its Abba ·Father familiar, Dear Dad·.

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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