Genesis 3:8

And when they heard the voice of the Lord God going in paradise at the wind after midday, Adam and his wife hid them (selves) from the face of the Lord God in [the] midst of the trees of paradise. (And when they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening breeze, the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

In Context

7And the eyes of both (of them) were opened; and when they knew that they were naked, they sewed [together] the leaves of a fig tree, and made breeches to themselves (or and made breeches, or trousers, for themselves).

9And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him, Where art thou?

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Cross References

Genesis 3:10And Adam said, I heard thy voice in paradise, and I dreaded, for I was naked, and I hid me. (And the man said, I heard the sound of you walking in the garden, and I was afraid, for I was naked, and so I hid myself.)

Deuteronomy 5:25Why therefore shall we die, and shall this greatest fire devour us? For if we hear more the voice of our Lord God, we shall die. (And so why should we risk death again? for this great fire shall devour us! Yea, if we hear the voice of the Lord our God again, surely we shall all die!)

Job 22:14A cloud is his hiding place, and he beholdeth not our things, and he goeth about the hinges of (the) heaven (s), that is, the principal parts of (the) heaven (s).

Job 34:21For the eyes of God be on the ways of men, and he beholdeth all the goings of them.

Psalms 139:1To victory, the psalm of David. Lord, thou hast proved me, and hast known me; ( For the choirmaster, a song by David. Lord, thou hast assayed, or tested, me, and thou knowest me;)

Jeremiah 23:24A man shall not be privy in hid places, and I shall not see him, saith the Lord. Whether I fill not heaven and earth? saith the Lord. (Shall a man hide himself in a secret place, and shall I not see him? saith the Lord. Do I not fill heaven and the earth? saith the Lord.)

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:7-9

The Fall of Man. ( b. c. 4004.) 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his… Read the whole commentary →

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