4. Ye shall not surely die A direct and malicious contradiction of God’s word as given in Genesis 2:17. Here the devil is revealed as Satan, the adversary, “a liar, and the father of it . ” John 8:44. This daring advance in the temptation is commonly supposed to imply a noticeable wavering on the part of the woman . read more
5. For God doth know The Satanic utterance here recorded is a specimen of blasphemously changing God’s truth into a lie . The deceiver would make the woman believe that God was keeping her in ignorance of some great good . Your eyes shall be opened “’Your eyes,’” says the voice of the tempter, ‘instead of closing in death, will be for the first time truly opened . ’ Here it is to be remarked that the hour when unbelief is born is immediately the birth hour of superstition . … And so, in... read more
6. Good for food… pleasant to the eyes… to be desired to make one wise Observe the threefold form of this first temptation . First, appeal is made to the animal appetite; next, to the longing eye; and then to an ambition to become wise and godlike . Thus, too, the apostle comprehends all generic forms of human temptation under “the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life . ” 1 John 2:16. It is notable that when this same old serpent attempted the ruin of the... read more
7. Knew that they were naked Here is a stinging irony . Literally, Opened were the eyes of both of them, and they knew that naked were they! Their eyes were opened, indeed, as the serpent had predicted, but his word was like the lying oracles of the heathen world, which contained a delusive double sense . What were their eyes opened to know? That they were like God? No; but that they were naked! Here is a standing type of the vanity, vexation, shame, and confusion of face into which... read more
8. Heard the voice of the Lord Some interpreters understand this voice to have been the sound or noise made by the approach of Jehovah . Comp . “sound of a going” in 2 Samuel 5:24. But the two following verses imply that it was the voice of Jehovah calling, rather than the noise of his movement, that is here intended . Both ideas, however, may be combined, for the anthropomorphism here is a notable feature of the description. The voice that called was the well-known voice of One who... read more
9. Where art thou איכה , where thou? or, where (shall I find) thee? How is it that I must now search for thee, who hast been wont to watch for my coming, and hail it with delight? The entire passage is in condescension to human conceptions. Not that Jehovah was unable to find the guilty one, but to intensify the picture of the sinner attempting to hide himself from Omniscience. Here, truly, is revealed the Good Shepherd seeking after the lost sheep. read more
10. I was afraid, because I was naked Adam’s self-defence was a self-betrayal . Fear, consequent upon a sense of guilt, distracts the reason, demoralizes the judgment, and exposes the transgressor to certain condemnation . His nakedness was, for the moment, more prominent in his thought than a proper sense of his guilt . read more
11. Who told thee A question adapted to suggest to him the cause of his sense of nakedness . How is it that thou wast never conscious of thy nakedness before? This plea of nakedness was itself a confession of guilt . read more
12. The woman whom thou gavest to be with me Observe the natural effort of a fallen nature to excuse its own guilt by casting the blame on another . And not only is the woman blamed, but a sinister reflection on Jehovah himself appears in the words whom thou gavest to be with me . This woman by my side, whom thou gavest to be my companion and helper, she has been the occasion of my eating the forbidden fruit. read more
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Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:3
3. Neither shall ye touch it This is the woman’s own addition to the commandment as given in Genesis 2:17, and is thought by many to imply that in her own mind the commandment was too severe . The tempter started a thought which she develops, as if soliloquizing: “Yes, it is even so. We may eat of all other fruit, but this particular tree we must not even touch, lest we die!” And thus the way is prepared for bolder words from the deceiver. read more