Genesis 3:6-8 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 3:6-8

Here we see what Eve's parley with the tempter ended in. Satan, at length, gains his point, and the strong-hold is taken by his wiles. God tried the obedience of our first parents by forbidding them the tree of knowledge, and Satan does, as it were, join issue with God, and in that very thing undertakes to seduce them into a transgression; and here we find how he prevailed, God permitting it for wise and holy ends. I. We have here the inducements that moved them to transgress. The woman, being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food ,.... She being near the tree, and perhaps just at it when the serpent first attacked her; wherefore looking more wishfully at it, she could discern nothing in the fruit of the tree which showed it to be bad, and unfit to be eaten, or why it should be forbidden for food; but, on the contrary, had a most promising aspect to be very delicious, nourishing and salutary, as any other fruit in the garden: and that it was pleasant to the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of them both were opened ,.... Not of their bodies, but of their minds; not so as to have an advanced knowledge of things pleasant, profitable, and useful, as was promised and expected, but of things very disagreeable and distressing. Their eyes were opened to see that they had been deceived by the serpent, that they had broke the commandment of God, and incurred the displeasure of their Creator and kind benefactor, and had brought ruin and destruction upon themselves; they saw... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the Lord God ,.... Which they had heard before, and knew, though perhaps now in another tone, and very terrible, which before was mild and gentle, pleasant and delightful: some by it understand a clap of thunder, sometimes called the voice of the Lord, Psalm 29:3 and the rather because mention is made afterwards of a wind; but rather the voice of the Son of God, the eternal Word, is here meant, who appeared in an human form, as a pledge of his future... 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 Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:6

Verse 6 6.And when the woman saw This impure look of Eve, infected with the poison of concupiscence, was both the messenger and the witness of an impure heart. She could previously behold the tree with such sincerity, that no desire to eat of it affected her mind; for the faith she had in the word of God was the best guardian of her heart, and of all her senses. But now, after the heart had declined from faith, and from obedience to the word, she corrupted both herself and all her senses, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:7

Verse 7 7.And the eyes of them both were opened. It was necessary that the eyes of Eve should be veiled till her husband also was deceived; but now both, being alike bound by the chain of an unhappy consent, begin to be sensible of their wretchedness although they are not yet affected with a deep knowledge of their fault. They are ashamed of their nakedness, yet, though convinced, they do not humble themselves before God, nor fear his judgements as they ought; they even do not cease to resort... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:8

Verse 8 8.And they heard the voice of the Lord God. As soon as the voice of God sounds, Adam and Eve perceive that the leaves by which they thought themselves well protected are of no avail. Moses here relates nothing which does not remain in human nature, and may be clearly discerned at the present day. The difference between good and evil is engraven on the hearts of all, as Paul teaches, (Romans 2:15;) but all bury the disgrace of their vices under flimsy leaves till God, by his voice,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 3:6-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:8

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:8

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