Genesis 3:12
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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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.
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Cross References
Genesis 2:18Then Yahweh God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper suitable for him.”
Genesis 2:22With the rib that Yahweh God had taken from the man, he made a woman and brought her to the man.
1 Samuel 15:15Saul replied, “They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. The rest we have completely destroyed.”
1 Samuel 15:21But the people took some of the booty—sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”
Proverbs 19:3A person's folly ruins his life 1 and his heart rages against Yahweh. 1
Luke 10:29But the teacher, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
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 →