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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:9

And the Lord God called unto Adam ,.... The Jerusalem Targum is, the Word of the Lord God, the second Person in the Trinity; and this is the voice he is said to have heard before: and said unto him, where art thou ? which is said, not as ignorant of the place where he was, nor of what he had done, nor of the circumstances he was in, or of the answers he would make; but rather it shows all the reverse, that he knew where he was, what he had done, and in what condition he was, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:10

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 before, when it did not strike him with terror, but gave him pleasure: and I was afraid, because I was naked . This also was not the true reason; he was naked from his creation as to his body, and it caused no shame in him, nor any dread to appear before God; he conceals the true cause,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:11

And he said ,.... The Lord God, or the Word of the Lord: who told thee that thou wast naked ? or showed it to thee; by what means hast thou got knowledge of it? what hast thou done that thou perceivest it, so as to cause shame and fear? man was made naked, and so he continued, and he must be sensible of it, but it gave him no uneasiness, because he was without shame on account of it; so that it was as if it was not, and he was regardless of it, as if he was not naked; but now, having... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:12

And the man said ,.... Not being able any longer to conceal the truth, though he shifts off the blame as much as possible from himself: the woman whom thou gavest to be with me : to be his wife and his companion, to be an help meet unto him, and share with him in the blessings of paradise, to assist in civil and domestic affairs, and join with him in acts of religion and devotion: she gave me of the tree, and I did eat ; she first ate of it herself, through the solicitations of the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:3

Neither shall ye touch it - Did not the woman add this to what God had before spoken? Some of the Jewish writers, who are only serious on comparative trifles, state that as soon as the woman had asserted this, the serpent pushed her against the tree and said, "See, thou hast touched it, and art still alive; thou mayest therefore safely eat of the fruit, for surely thou shalt not die." read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:4

Ye shall not surely die - Here the father of lies at once appears; and appears too in flatly contradicting the assertion of God. The tempter, through the nachash , insinuates the impossibility of her dying, as if he had said, God has created thee immortal, thy death therefore is impossible; and God knows this, for as thou livest by the tree of life, so shalt thou get increase of wisdom by the tree of knowledge. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:5

Your eyes shall be opened - Your understanding shall be greatly enlightened and improved; and ye shall be as gods, כאלהים kelohim , like God, so the word should be translated; for what idea could our first parents have of gods before idolatry could have had any being, because sin had not yet entered into the world? The Syriac has the word in the singular number, and is the only one of all the versions which has hit on the true meaning. As the original word is the same which is used to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:6

The tree was good for food - The fruit appeared to be wholesome and nutritive. And that it was pleasant to the eyes. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:7

The eyes of them both were opened - They now had a sufficient discovery of their sin and folly in disobeying the command of God; they could discern between good and evil; and what was the consequence? Confusion and shame were engendered, because innocence was lost and guilt contracted. Let us review the whole of this melancholy business, the fall and its effects. From the New Testament we learn that Satan associated himself with the creature which we term the serpent, and the original... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:8

The voice of the Lord - The voice is properly used here, for as God is an infinite Spirit, and cannot be confined to any form, so he can have no personal appearance. It is very likely that God used to converse with them in the garden, and that the usual time was the decline of the day, היום לרוח leruach haiyom , in the evening breeze; and probably this was the time that our first parents employed in the more solemn acts of their religious worship, at which God was ever present. The time... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:8

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