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Genesis 3:11

Guilt and conscience Sin

⁹ And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

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

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

¹² And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
KJV: And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
WEB: God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
ASV: And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
DARBY: And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?
BLB: And He said, “Who told you that you [were] naked? From the tree of which I commanded you not to eat from it, have you eaten?”

ÅB: Da sa han: Hvem har sagt deg at du er naken? Har du ett av det tre som jeg forbød deg å spise av?
OTB: Og Han sa: «Hvem har fortalt deg at du er naken? Har du spist av treet som Jeg forbød deg å spise av?»
B1930: Da sa han: Hvem har sagt dig at du er naken? Har du ett av det tre som jeg forbød dig å ete av?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 3:20
Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
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Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.
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Psalms 50:21
These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes.
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