Genesis 3:10

and he saith, 'Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

In Context

9And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, 'Where [art] thou?'

11And He saith, 'Who hath declared to thee that thou [art] naked? of the tree of which I have commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?'

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Cross References

Genesis 3:7and the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they [are] naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

Exodus 32:25And Moses seeth the people that it [is] unbridled, for Aaron hath made it unbridled for contempt among its withstanders,

Psalms 119:120Trembled from Thy fear hath my flesh, And from Thy judgments I have been afraid!

Isaiah 47:3Revealed is thy nakedness, yea, seen is thy reproach, Vengeance I take, and I meet not a man.

1 John 3:20because if our heart may condemn — because greater is God than our heart, and He doth know all things.

Revelation 16:15'lo, I do come as a thief; happy [is] he who is watching, and keeping his garments, that he may not walk naked, and they may see his unseemliness,' —

Matthew Henry on Genesis 3:10-11

9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. We have here the arraignment of these deserters before the righteous Judge of heaven and earth, who, though he is not tied to observe formalities, yet proceeds against them with all possible fairness, that he may be justified when he speaks. Observe here, I. The startling question with which God pursued Adam and arrested him: Where art… Read the whole commentary →

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