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 the Lord God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it.” So the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman replied, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.” 14The Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life. 15And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”

Genesis 3:13 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto the womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• thou hast doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• The serpentנָחָשׁnâchâsh · serpentH5175
• beguiled meנָשָׁאnâshâ' · to deceiveH5377
• and I did eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Genesis 3:13

• Genesis 4:10But the Lord said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
• Genesis 44:15Joseph said to them, “What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
• 1 Samuel 13:11But Samuel said, “What have you done?” Saul replied, “When I saw that the army had started to abandon me and that you didn’t come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash,
• 2 Samuel 3:24So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Abner has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he’s gone on his way!
• 2 Samuel 12:9Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites.
• John 18:35Pilate answered, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?”
• Genesis 3:4The serpent said to the woman, “Surely you will not die,
• 2 Corinthians 11:3But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
• 1 Timothy 2:14And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully 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