Genesis 3:2

The woman replied, “ What God said was, ‘Do not eat the fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the park/garden or touch it. If you do that, you will die. But you can eat fruit from any of the other trees.’”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

In Context

1The snake was more cunning than all the other wild animals that Yahweh God had made. One day Satan gave to the snake the ability to talk to the woman. The snake said to her, “Did God really say to you, ‘Do not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the park/garden’?”

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Cross References

Psalms 58:4God, show in the heavens how great you are! And show your glory to people all over the earth! What wicked people say injures people like the venom of a snake [MET]; They refuse to listen to good advice, as though they were cobras that were deaf [MET]!

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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