And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
What does Genesis 3:8 mean?
Notice the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit. She saw.
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Keep this verse inside Genesis 3:6-8 and alongside a few nearby related passages.
Commentary on Genesis 3:8
- XVI. The Judgment 15. shup "bruise, wound." τηρειν ( equals τερειν?) terein εκτριβειν ektribein Job 9:17 , καταπατειν katapatein Psalm 139:11 , συντριβειν suntribein Romans 16:20 . 16. teshuqah "desire, inclination." αποστροφη apostrofee, επιστροφη epistrophe Sol 7:11. 20. chavah Eve, "the living, life, life-place, or village." This passage contains the examination of the transgressors, 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. The hiding is another token of the childlike simplicity of the parents of our race under the shame and fear of guilt.
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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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