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Genesis 3:12 KJV
Genesis · chapter 3 · verse 12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.Genesis 3:12 · King James Version
Genesis 3:12 in context
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13And 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.
14And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
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Key words (Strong's)
- gavestnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- treeʻêtsa treeH6086 →
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We have here the offenders found guilty by their own confession, and yet endeavouring to excuse and extenuate their fault. They could not confess and justify what they had done, but they confess and palliate it. Observe, I. How their confession was extorted from them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 11-13