For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
What does Genesis 3:5 mean?
Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 3:1-5 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 3:5
For God doth know,....
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- Elohim
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Elohim. (k) "sed", Piscator; "quin", Schmidt. For God doth know,....
- Elohim
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Elohim. (k) "sed", Piscator; "quin", Schmidt.
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Genesis 3 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as primeval history from creation to Babel. Genesis opens the whole Bible with creation, fall, flood, Babel, and the long patriarchal story that carries the reader from Eden to Egypt. Read this chapter with the wider themes of creation, fall, and covenant in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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