Genesis 3:2 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 3:2

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

KJV

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

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Commentary

1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But there is reason to think that she had already received an injurious impression; for in using the words "lest ye die," instead of "ye shall surely die" [Ge 2:17], she spoke as if the tree had been forbidden because of some poisonous quality of its fruit.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר	va.To.mer	and she said	H559 →
הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה	ha.'i.Shah	the woman	H802 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַנָּחָ֑שׁ	ha.na.Chash	the snake	H5175 →
מִפְּרִ֥י	mi.pe.Ri	from [the] fruit of	H6529 →
עֵֽץ־	'etz-	[the] tree[s] of	H6086 →
הַגָּ֖ן	ha.Gan	the garden	H1588 →
נֹאכֵֽל׃	no.Khel	we will eat	H398 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 58:4
Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
leads to
- James 3:8
  but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
- Psalms 140:3
  They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
- Romans 3:13
  “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
- Ecclesiastes 10:11
  If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
- Jeremiah 8:17
  “For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.

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