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Genesis 3:4

TemptationDoubtTruth and honesty

2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.

5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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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
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her.
KJV
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
WEB
The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,
ASV
And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
DARBY
And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;
BLB
And the serpent said to the woman, “You⁺ will not surely die!
ÅB
Da sa slangen til kvinnen: Dere skal ikke dø;
OTB
Slangen sa til kvinnen: «Dere vil slett ikke dø!
B1930
Da sa slangen til kvinnen: I skal visselig ikke dø;

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 8:44

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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  • 2 Corinthians 11:3

    I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.

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  • 1 Timothy 2:14

    And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:11

    in order that Satan should not outwit us. For we are not unaware of his schemes.

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  • Genesis 3:13

    Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

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  • 2 Kings 1:16

    And Elijah said to King Ahaziah, “This is what the LORD says: Is there really no God in Israel for you to inquire of His word? Is that why you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not get up from the bed on which you are lying. You will surely die.”

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  • Deuteronomy 29:19

    because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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  • 2 Kings 8:10

    Elisha answered, “Go and tell him, ‘You will surely recover.’ But the LORD has shown me that in fact he will die.”

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