Genesis 3:1 - Forerunner Commentary

Genesis 3:1

The Temptation and Fall of Man

1 Now ^athe serpent was ^bmore cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the ^afruit of the trees of the garden;

3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you ^atouch it, lest you die.’ ”

4 ^aThen the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

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Interlinear Bible for Genesis 3:1:

Now the serpent
nachash (#5175) was
hayah (#1961) more subtle
`aruwm (#6175) than any
min (#4480) beast
chay (#2416) of the field
sadeh (#7704) which
'aher (#834) the LORD
Yhovah (#3068) God
'elohiym (#430) had made.
`asah (#6213) And he said
'amar (#559) unto
'el (#413) the woman,
'ishshah (#802) Yea,
'aph (#637) hath God
'elohiym (#430) said,
'amar (#559) Ye shall not
lo' (#3808) eat
'akal (#398) of every
min (#4480) tree
`ets (#6086) of the garden?
gan (#1588)

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