Genesis Chapter 3 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Genesis 3:2

And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:
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BBE Genesis 3:2

And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
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DARBY Genesis 3:2

And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
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KJV Genesis 3:2

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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WBT Genesis 3:2

And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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WEB Genesis 3:2

The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
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YLT Genesis 3:2

And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerses 2, 3. - And the woman said unto the serpent. Neither afraid of the reptile, there being not yet any enmity among the creatures; nor astonished at his speaking, perhaps as being not yet fully acquainted with the capabilities of the lower animals; nor suspicions of his designs, her innocence and inexperience not predisposing her to apprehend danger. Yet the tenor of the reptile's interrogation was fitted to excite alarm; and if, as some conjecture, she understood that Satan was the speaker, she should at once have taken flight; while, if she knew nothing of him or his disposition, she should not have opened herself so freely to a person unknown. "The woman certainly discovers some uuadvisedness in entertaining conference with the serpent, in matters of so great importance, in so familiar a manner" (White). We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden. (1) Omitting the Divine name when recording his liberality, though she remembers it when reciting his restraint; (2) failing to do justice to the largeness and freeness of the Divine grant (cf. with Genesis 2:16); - which, however, charity would do well not to press against the woman as symptoms of incipient rebellion. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it. An addition to the prohibitory enactment, which may have been simply an inaccuracy in her understanding of Adam's report of its exact terms (Kalisch); or the result of a rising feeling of dissatisfaction with the too great strictness of the prohibition (Delitzsch), and so an indication "that her love and confidence towards God were already beginning to waver" (Keil); or a proof of her anxiety to observe the Divine precept (Calvin); or a statement of her understanding "that they were not to meddle with it as a forbidden thing" (Murphy). Lest ye die. Even Calvin here admits that Eve begins to give way, leading פֶן־ as forte, with which Macdonald appears to agree, discovering "doubt and hesitancy in her language; but - (1) the conjunction may point to a consequence which is certain - indeed this is its usual meaning (cf. Genesis 11:4; Genesis 19:5; Psalm 2:12); . . .

Ellicott's Commentary