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Genesis 3:8

And they hear the sound of Jehovah God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of Jehovah God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

Young's Literal Translation

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 them both are opened, and they know that they [are] naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make to themselves girdles.

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

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Cross References

Genesis 3:10and he saith, 'Thy sound I have heard in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.'

Deuteronomy 5:25'And, now, why do we die? for consume us doth this great fire — if we add to hear the voice of Jehovah our God any more — then we have died.

Job 22:14Thick clouds [are] a secret place to Him, And He doth not see;' And the circle of the heavens He walketh habitually,

Job 34:21For His eyes [are] on the ways of each, And all his steps He doth see.

Psalms 139:1To the Overseer. — A Psalm by David. Jehovah, Thou hast searched me, and knowest.

Jeremiah 23:24Is any one hidden in secret places, And I see him not? an affirmation of Jehovah, Do not I fill the heavens and the earth? An affirmation of Jehovah.

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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