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Genesis 3:2 KJV
Genesis · chapter 3 · verse 2
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:Genesis 3:2 · King James Version
Genesis 3:2 in context
1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- serpentnâchâsha snakeH5175 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- fruitpᵉrîyfruitH6529 →
- treesʻêtsa treeH6086 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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We have here an account of the temptation with which Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them into sin, and which proved fatal to them. Here observe, I. The tempter, and that was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. 1. It is certain it was the devil that beguiled Eve.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5