Genesis 3:12
The man said, “Yes, but it was the woman that you put here with me, she gave me fruit from that tree, so I ate it.”
Plain English Version
In The King James Version
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 2:18And God said, “It is not good for this man to be by himself. I’m going to make somebody else to be a mate for the man, somebody that will be good for him.”
Genesis 2:22Then God used the man’s rib bone and made a woman from it. After the man woke up, God took the woman over to the man.
1 Samuel 15:15Saul answered, “It was the soldiers, they did that. They took the good animals that belonged to the Amalek mob. They kept them alive, to burn them for God. The other animals we finished properly.”
1 Samuel 15:21The soldiers only brought back the good animals. They got the best sheep, goats, cows and bulls for you to burn for God here at Gilgal.”
Luke 10:29But the man wanted to show that he asked an important question, so he said, “What does it mean by the people around me? Who are they?”
Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:12-14
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. We have here the offenders found guilty by their own confession, and yet endeavouring to excuse and extenuate their fault. They could not confess… Read the whole commentary →