Genesis 3:2
1 Now 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?
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3 But 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.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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
- The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
- KJV
- And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
- WEB
- The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
- ASV
- And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:
- DARBY
- And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
- BLB
- And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
- ÅB
- Og kvinnen sa til slangen: Vi kan spise av frukten på trærne i haven;
- OTB
- Kvinnen svarte slangen: «Vi kan spise frukt fra trærne i hagen,
- B1930
- Og kvinnen sa til slangen: Vi kan ete av frukten på trærne i haven;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 58:4
Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;
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