Genesis 3:5

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

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For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

In Context

4The serpent said to the woman, “You will surely not die.

6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:9Out of the ground Yahweh God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. This included the tree of life that was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Genesis 3:7The eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.

Genesis 3:22Yahweh God said, “Now the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. So now he must not be allowed to reach out with his hand, take from the tree of life, eat it, and live forever.”

Exodus 20:7You must not take the name of Yahweh your God, in vain, for I will not hold guiltless anyone who takes my name in vain.

1 Kings 22:6Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, four hundred men, and said to them, “Should I go to Ramoth Gilead to battle, or should I not?” They said, “Attack, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king.”

Psalms 12:4These are those who have said, “With our tongues will we prevail. 1 When our lips speak, who can be master over us?” 1

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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