KJV King James Version
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
WEB World English Bible
The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
ASV American Standard Version
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the man saith, ‘The woman whom Thou didst place with me—she hath given to me of the tree—and I do eat.’
Surrounding context — Genesis 3
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
13 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.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהָֽאָדָ֑םH120 · a.dammanהָֽאִשָּׁה֙H802 · ish.shahwomanאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichנָתַ֣תָּהH5414 · na.tanto give: giveעִמָּדִ֔יH5978 · im.madwith meהִ֛ואH1931 · huhe/she/itנָֽתְנָה־H5414 · na.tanto give: giveלִּ֥יH9030 · nimeמִן־H4480 · minfromהָעֵ֖ץH6086 · etstree: woodוָאֹכֵֽל׃H398 · a.khalto eat
Cross-references
Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.James 1:13-15Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man:Job 31:33If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:Romans 10:3For they being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.Proverbs 19:3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.Genesis 2:18And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.Luke 10:29But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?1 Samuel 15:20-24And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.Genesis 2:22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.Genesis 2:20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.Exodus 32:21-24And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them?
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