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And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/genesis/3.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD God said to the woman, “What <i>is</i> this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/genesis/3.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this <i>that</i> you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the LORD God said to the woman, &#8220What is this you have done?&#8221 And the woman said, &#8220The serpent deceived me, and I ate.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/genesis/3.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/genesis/3.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/genesis/3.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent beguiled <i>and</i> deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree].”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/genesis/3.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God asked the woman, “What have you done? ” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/3.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God asked the woman, &#8220What is this you have done?&#8221 And the woman said, &#8220It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/genesis/3.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/genesis/3.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD God then asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake tricked me," she answered, "and I ate some of that fruit." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/genesis/3.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/genesis/3.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD God asked the woman, "What have you done?" "The snake deceived me, and I ate," the woman answered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/genesis/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD God asked the woman, "Why did you do this?" She replied, "The snake tricked me into eating it." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/genesis/3.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD God asked the woman, "What did you do?" "The Shining One misled me," the woman answered, "so I ate."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/genesis/3.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/genesis/3.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman replied, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/genesis/3.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/genesis/3.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/genesis/3.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/genesis/3.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH God says to the woman, “What [is] this you have done?” And the woman says, “The serpent has caused me to forget, and I eat.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/genesis/3.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah God saith to the woman, 'What is this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, 'The serpent hath caused me to forget -- and I do eat.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/genesis/3.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah God will say to the woman, What is this thou didst? And the woman will say, The serpent deceived me and I shall eat.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/genesis/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/genesis/3.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And she responded, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD God then asked the woman: What is this you have done? The woman answered, “The snake tricked me, so I ate it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/genesis/3.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/genesis/3.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The Serpent deceived me, and I ate.”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/genesis/3.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/genesis/3.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/genesis/3-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7ehevn8iSgc?start=624" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/genesis/3.htm">God Arraigns Adam and Eve</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: lā·’iš·šāh (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">to the woman,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4100.htm" title="4100: mah- (Interrog) -- What? how? anything. ">“What</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">is this</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śîṯ (V-Qal-Perf-2fs) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you have done?”</a> <a href="/hebrew/5175.htm" title="5175: han·nā·ḥāš (Art:: N-ms) -- A serpent. From nachash; a snake.">“The serpent</a> <a href="/hebrew/5377.htm" title="5377: hiš·šî·’a·nî (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To lend on interest, be a creditor. A primitive root; to lead astray, i.e. to delude, or to seduce.">deceived me,”</a> <a href="/hebrew/802.htm" title="802: hā·’iš·šāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Woman, wife, female. Feminine of 'iysh or 'enowsh; irregular plural, nashiym; a woman.">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wat·tō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">replied,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wā·’ō·ḵêl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">“and I ate.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3</a></span><br />I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_timothy/2-14.htm">1 Timothy 2:14</a></span><br />And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/12-9.htm">Revelation 12:9</a></span><br />And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/8-44.htm">John 8:44</a></span><br />You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/5-12.htm">Romans 5:12</a></span><br />Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/16-20.htm">Romans 16:20</a></span><br />The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/3-8.htm">1 John 3:8</a></span><br />The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the very start. This is why the Son of God was revealed, to destroy the works of the devil.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/20-2.htm">Revelation 20:2</a></span><br />He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-14.htm">2 Corinthians 11:14</a></span><br />And no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/4-1.htm">Matthew 4:1-11</a></span><br />Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. / After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry. / The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-14.htm">James 1:14-15</a></span><br />But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed. / Then after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/14-12.htm">Isaiah 14:12-15</a></span><br />How you have fallen from heaven, O day star, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O destroyer of nations. / You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north. / I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Ezekiel 28:13-17</a></span><br />You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation. / You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for I had ordained you. You were on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the fiery stones. / From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7</a></span><br />But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-5.htm">Psalm 51:5</a></span><br />Surely I was brought forth in iniquity; I was sinful when my mother conceived me.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.</p><p class="hdg">What.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-10.htm">Genesis 4:10-12</a></b></br> And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/44-15.htm">Genesis 44:15</a></b></br> And Joseph said unto them, What deed <i>is</i> this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-11.htm">1 Samuel 13:11</a></b></br> And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and <i>that</i> thou camest not within the days appointed, and <i>that</i> the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash;</p><p class="hdg">The serpent.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-4.htm">Genesis 3:4-6</a></b></br> And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3</a></b></br> But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_timothy/2-14.htm">1 Timothy 2:14</a></b></br> And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/3-12.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">Beguiled</a> <a href="/genesis/2-21.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/jude/1-11.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/revelation/20-10.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/genesis/3-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/3-9.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/3_john/1-10.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/genesis/3-4.htm">Serpent</a> <a href="/genesis/3-4.htm">Snake</a> <a href="/james/1-26.htm">Tricked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Ate</a> <a href="/genesis/29-25.htm">Beguiled</a> <a href="/genesis/8-1.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/genesis/27-35.htm">Deceit</a> <a href="/genesis/27-36.htm">Deceived</a> <a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/genesis/27-45.htm">Forget</a> <a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">Serpent</a> <a href="/genesis/49-17.htm">Snake</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-20.htm">Tricked</a><div class="vheading2">Genesis 3</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-1.htm">The serpent deceives Eve.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm">Both she and Adam transgress the divine command, and fall into sin.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">God arraigns them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-14.htm">The serpent is cursed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm">The promised seed.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm">The punishment of mankind.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-21.htm">Their first clothing.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/genesis/3-22.htm">Their expulsion from paradise.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/genesis/3.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>Then the LORD God</b><br />The phrase "LORD God" in Hebrew is "Yahweh Elohim," which combines the personal name of God, Yahweh, with Elohim, a term that denotes His power and majesty as Creator. This duality emphasizes both His intimate relationship with humanity and His sovereign authority. In the context of Genesis, it underscores the gravity of the situation, as the Creator Himself addresses the woman, highlighting the personal nature of the transgression against Him.<p><b>said to the woman</b><br />The act of God speaking directly to the woman signifies the personal nature of His relationship with humanity. In the ancient Near Eastern context, deities were often seen as distant, yet here, God engages directly with His creation. This interaction reflects the biblical theme of accountability and the personal responsibility each individual holds before God.<p><b>What is this you have done?</b><br />This question is not for God's information but serves as a call for the woman to reflect on her actions. It echoes God's earlier question to Adam, emphasizing the seriousness of disobedience. Theologically, it highlights the concept of sin as a deliberate act against God's command, inviting introspection and acknowledgment of wrongdoing.<p><b>The woman said</b><br />The woman's response initiates a dialogue that reveals the human tendency to shift blame. Her willingness to speak reflects the openness of communication between God and humanity, even in the midst of sin. This interaction sets the stage for understanding the nature of confession and the human inclination to justify actions.<p><b>The serpent deceived me</b><br />The Hebrew word for "deceived" is "nasha," which implies being led astray or beguiled. This highlights the cunning nature of the serpent, a creature that represents Satan's role as the deceiver. Historically, serpents were often symbols of chaos and evil in ancient cultures, reinforcing the biblical portrayal of the serpent as an adversary to God's order.<p><b>and I ate</b><br />This admission of eating the forbidden fruit is a straightforward acknowledgment of disobedience. The act of eating symbolizes the internalization of sin, moving beyond mere temptation to an active choice against God's command. In the broader scriptural context, this act introduces the concept of original sin, affecting all of humanity and necessitating redemption through Christ.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/genesis/3.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the Lord said unto the woman</span> - without noticing the excuses, but simply accepting the admission, and passing on, "following up the transgression, even to the root - not the psychological merely, but the historical (Lange): <span class="cmt_word">What is this that thou hast done</span>? Or, "<span class="accented">Why</span> hast thou done this?" (LXX., Vulgate, Luther, De Wette). "But the Hebrew phrase has more vehemence; it is the language of one who wonders as at something prodigious, and ought rather to be rendered, ' How hast thou done this?'" (Calvin). <span class="cmt_word">And the woman said</span> (following the example of her guilty, husband, omitting any notice of her sin in tempting Adam, and transferring the blame of her own disobedience to the reptile), <span class="cmt_word">The serpent beguiled me</span>. Literally, caused me to forget, hence beguiled, from <span class="hebrew">נָשָׁה</span>, to forget a thing (<a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Lamentations 3:17</a>), or person (<a href="/jeremiah/23-39.htm">Jeremiah 23:39</a>; Stanley Loathes, 'Gram.,' App. 197); or, caused me to go astray, from <span class="hebrew">נָשָׁא</span> (unused in Kal), kindred to <span class="hebrew">כָשָׁה</span>, perhaps to err, to go astray (Gesenius, Furst); <span class="greek">ἠπατήσε</span> (LXX.), <span class="greek">ἐξαπάτησεν</span> (<a href="/2_corinthians/11-3.htm">2 Corinthians 11:3</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And I did eat</span>. "A forced confession, but no appearance of contrition. 'It's true I did eat, but it was not my fault'" (Hughes). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/genesis/3-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֨אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the woman,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָאִשָּׁ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“What</span><br /><span class="heb">מַה־</span> <span class="translit">(mah-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4100.htm">Strong's 4100: </a> </span><span class="str2">What?, what!, indefinitely what</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[is] this</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹּ֣את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">you have done?”</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשִׂ֑ית</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·śîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“The serpent</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנָּחָ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(han·nā·ḥāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5175.htm">Strong's 5175: </a> </span><span class="str2">A serpent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">deceived me,”</span><br /><span class="heb">הִשִּׁיאַ֖נִי</span> <span class="translit">(hiš·šî·’a·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5377.htm">Strong's 5377: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lead astray, to delude, to seduce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[she]</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’iš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_802.htm">Strong's 802: </a> </span><span class="str2">Woman, wife, female</span><br /><br /><span class="word">replied,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙</span> <span class="translit">(wat·tō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“and I ate.”</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאֹכֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ō·ḵêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/genesis/3-13.htm">Genesis 3:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/genesis/3-13.htm">OT Law: Genesis 3:13 Yahweh God said to the woman What (Gen. 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