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.”
World English Bible
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 2:18The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
Genesis 2:22The LORD God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
1 Samuel 15:15Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to the LORD your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”
1 Samuel 15:21But the people took of the plunder, sheep and cattle, the best of the devoted things, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”
Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.
Luke 10:29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked 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 →