Genesis 3:12

And Adam said, The woman which thou gavest (for) fellow (ship) to me, gave me of the tree, and I ate. (And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to me for fellowship, gave to me of the tree, and so I ate.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

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

11To whom the Lord said, Who showed to thee that thou were naked, no but for thou hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded to thee that thou shouldest not eat? (To whom the Lord said, Who told thee that thou were naked? hast thou eaten of the tree which I commanded to thee that thou shouldest not eat?)

13And the Lord said to the woman, Why didest thou this thing? The which answered, The serpent deceived me, and (so) I ate.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:18And the Lord God said, It is not good that a man be alone; make we to him an helper like to himself (or let us make for him a helper like himself).

Genesis 2:22And the Lord God builded the rib which he had taken from Adam into a woman, and brought her to Adam.

1 Samuel 15:15And Saul said, They brought those from Amalek (or They were taken from the Amalekites); for the people spared the best sheep and (the best) great beasts, that those should be offered to thy Lord God; and we killed the tother beasts.

1 Samuel 15:21Forsooth the people took of the prey, sheep and oxen, the first fruits/the chief fruits of those things that be slain, that they make sacrifice to their Lord God in Gilgal. (But the people kept of the prey, sheep and oxen, the first fruits or the chief fruits of those things that should be killed, to offer as a sacrifice to the Lord their God here in Gilgal.)

Proverbs 19:3The folly of a man deceiveth his steps (or A person’s foolishness perverteth his own way); and he burneth in his soul against God.

Luke 10:29But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour? (But desiring to justify himself, he said to Jesus, And who is my neighbour?)

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 →

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