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Genesis 3:10

Genesis 3:10
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden,.... The voice of thy Word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan: this was not the true cause of his hiding himself; he had heard his voice in the garden…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 3:8-21

- XVI. The Judgment 15. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (=τερεῖν?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein Job 9:17, καταπατεῖν katapatein Psa 139:11, συντρίβειν suntribein Rom 16:20. 16. תשׁוּקה…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I was afraid, because I was naked - See the immediate consequences of sin. 1. Shame, because of the ingratitude marked in the rebellion, and because that in aiming to be like God they were now sunk…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 3:9-10

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,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

heard … afraid … hid The man has not courage to tell the whole truth. Fear suppresses that part of the truth which love should have avowed. To hide from God's presence is the instinct of guilt; it is…