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Genesis 3:13

Genesis 3:13
And 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord God said unto the woman,.... Who was first in the transgression, and drew her husband into it, and upon whom he seemingly casts the blame of his eating the forbidden fruit:

what is this…

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 3:11-13

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The serpent beguiled me The woman, in answer to the direct and piercing question, lays the blame upon the serpent. For the word "beguiled," cf. 2Co 11:3. See St Paul's use of the passage in 1Ti 2:14.

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