Genesis 3:13

Genesis 3:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
• New International Version (NIV)Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Context of Genesis 3:13

11And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; 15And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

Genesis 3:13 word by word

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָאִשָּׁ֖ה מַה־זֹּ֣את עָשִׂ֑ית וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה הַנָּחָ֥שׁ הִשִּׁיאַ֖נִי וָאֹכֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

• Then the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• to the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• Whatמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• is thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• you have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• The serpentנָחָשׁnâchâsh · serpentH5175
• deceivedנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to exactH5378
• me, and I ateאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Genesis 3:13

• Genesis 4:10He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground.
• Genesis 44:15Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?”
• 1 Samuel 13:11But Samuel said, “What have you done?” And Saul said, “Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash,
• 2 Samuel 3:24Then Joab came to the king and said, “What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why then have you sent him away and he is already gone?
• 2 Samuel 12:9Why have you despised the word of the Lord by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.
• John 18:35Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?”
• Genesis 3:4The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die!
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ.
• 1 Timothy 2:14And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.

Commentaries on Genesis 3:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-21Verses 8-21 - XVI. The Judgment 15. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” ͂ (= ͂ ?) tērein ̓́ ektribein Job 9:17, ͂ katapatein Psalm 139:11, ́ suntribein Romans 16:20. 16. תשׁוּקה teshûqâh “desire, inclination.” ́ apostrofee ̓́ epistrophē Genesis 3:8-13; the sentence pronounced upon each, Genesis 3:14-19; and certain particulars following thereupon, Genesis 3:20-21. Genesis 3:8-9 The voice, we conceive, is the thunder of the approach of God and his call to Adam…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-13Verses 9-13 Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. This lost sheep had wandered without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happy or easy. If sinners will but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13What is this you have done?: This question is not asked to get information. It is an expression of shock and horror (see 4:10). The serpent deceived me: The man blamed the woman (3:12), and the woman blamed the serpent. The serpent did play a role and would be punished (3:14). But this did not free the woman or the man from their guilt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. beguiled--cajoled by flattering lies. This sin of the first pair was heinous and aggravated--it was not simply eating an apple, but a love of self, dishonor to God, ingratitude to a benefactor, disobedience to the best of Masters--a preference of the creature to the Creator.Read the comment

Topics related to Genesis 3:13

• Excuses
• Fall of Man
• Falsehood
• Fear of God
• God
• Responsibility
• Serpent
• Sin
• Temptation
• Women

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Above
• Adam
• Beguile
• Bread
• Clothe
• Coat
• Conception
• Dust

Commentaries on Genesis 3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings