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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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:13

And the Lord God said unto the woman ,.... Who was first in the transgression, and drew her husband into it, and upon whom he seemingly casts the blame of his eating the forbidden fruit: what is this that thou hast done ? dost thou know how great an offence thou hast committed in breaking a command of mine, and how aggravated it is when thou hadst leave to eat of every other tree? what could move thee to do this? by what means hast thou been brought into it, and not only hast done it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:14

And the Lord God said unto the serpent ,.... And to the devil in it; for what follows may be applied to both; literally to the serpent, and mystically to Satan; both are punished, and that very justly, the serpent in being the instrument Satan made use of, and is cursed for his sake, as the earth for man's; and the punishing the instrument as well as the principal, the more discovers God's detestation of the act for which they are punished, as appears in other instances, Exodus 21:28 . Nor... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:15

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman ,.... Between whom there had been so much familiarity, not only while they had the preceding discourse together, but before; for it is conjectured by some F25 See the Universal History, vol. 1. p. 126. , that she took a particular liking to that creature, and was delighted with it, and laid it perhaps in her bosom, adorned her neck with its windings, or made it a bracelet for her arms; and being a peculiar favourite, the devil made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said ,.... The woman receives her sentence next to the serpent, and before the man, because she was first and more deeply in the transgression, and was the means of drawing her husband into it. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception , or "thy sorrow of thy conception" F1 והרנך עצבונך "tuum dolorem etiam conceptus tui", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "tuum dolorem conceptus tui", Drusius, Noldius, p. 315. No. 1978. , or rather "of thy... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:17

And unto Adam he said ,.... Last of all, being the last that sinned, but not to be excused: because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife ; which was not only mean but sinful, since it was opposite to the voice of God, which he ought to have hearkened to God is to be hearkened to and obeyed rather than man, and much rather than a woman; to regard the persuasion of a woman, and neglect the command of God, is a great aggravation of such neglect; see Acts 4:19 . and hast eaten... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:10

I was afraid, because I was naked - See the immediate consequences of sin. 1. Shame, because of the ingratitude marked in the rebellion, and because that in aiming to be like God they were now sunk into a state of the greatest wretchedness. 2. Fear, because they saw they had been deceived by Satan, and were exposed to that death and punishment from which he had promised them an exemption. How worthy is it of remark that this cause continues to produce the very same effects! Shame and fear... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:12

And the man said, etc. - We have here some farther proofs of the fallen state of man, and that the consequences of that state extend to his remotest posterity. 1. On the question, Hast thou eaten of the tree? Adam is obliged to acknowledge his transgression; but he does this in such a way as to shift off the blame from himself, and lay it upon God and upon the woman! This woman whom Thou didst give to be with me, עמדי immadi , to be my companion, (for so the word is repeatedly used), she... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:14

And the Lord God said unto the serpent - The tempter is not asked why he deceived the woman; he cannot roll the blame on any other; self-tempted he fell, and it is natural for him, such is his enmity, to deceive and destroy all he can. His fault admits of no excuse, and therefore God begins to pronounce sentence on him first. And here we must consider a twofold sentence, one on Satan and the other on the agent he employed. The nachash , whom I suppose to have been at the head of all the... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:17

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:14

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