The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
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The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
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And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.'
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to Genesis 3:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 2:25 The man and his wife were both naked, and they were not ashamed.
- Psalms 119:120 My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
- Isaiah 57:11 “Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lie, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? Haven’t I held my peace for a long time, and you don’t fear me?
- Isaiah 47:3 Your nakedness will be uncovered. Yes, your shame will be seen. I will take vengeance, and will spare no one.”
- Exodus 3:6 Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face because he was afraid to look at God.
- Job 23:15 Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.
- 1 John 3:20 because if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.
- Isaiah 33:14 The sinners in Zion are afraid. Trembling has seized the godless ones. Who among us can live with the devouring fire? Who among us can live with everlasting burning?
- Genesis 3:7 Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
- Exodus 32:25 When Moses saw that the people were out of control, (for Aaron had let them lose control, causing derision among their enemies),
- Revelation 16:15 “Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn’t walk naked, and they see his shame.”
- Revelation 3:17-18 Because you say, ‘I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing;’ and don’t know that you are the wretched one, miserable, poor, blind, and naked; I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes, that you may see.
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain 10. And he said, I heard thy voice. Although…
10. And he said, I heard thy voice. Although this seems to be the confession of a dejected and humbled man, it will nevertheless soon appear that he was not yet properly subdued, nor led to repentance. He imputes his fear to the voice of God, and to his own nakedness, as, if he had never before heard God speaking without being alarmed, and had not been even sweetly exhilarated by his speech. His excessive stupidity appears in this, that he fails to recognize the cause of shame in his sin; he, therefore, shows that he does not yet so feel his punishment, as to confess his fault. In the meantime, he proves what I said before to be true, that original sin does not reside in one part of the body only, but holds its dominion over the whole man, and so occupies every part of the soul, that none remains in its integrity; for, notwithstanding his fig-leaves, he still dreads the presence of God.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain His hypocrisy appeareth in that he hid the cause…
His hypocrisy appeareth in that he hid the cause of his nakedness, which was the transgression of God’s commandment.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice…
Gen 3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.
Ver. 10. I heard thy voice.] So he had done before his fall, and feared not. "Do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly?" {Mic 2:7} Excellently St Austin, Adversarius est nobis, quamdiu sumus et ipsi nobis: Quamdiu tu tibi inimicus es, inimicum habebis sermonem Dei . Yea, but I was naked, and therefore hid myself. This also was non causa pro causa . There was another pad in the straw, which he studiously conceals, viz., the conscience of his sin. {a} Hic vero non factum suum, sed Dei factum in semetipso reprehendit saith Rupertus. He blames not himself, but God, for making him naked; and so verifies that of Solomon, "The foolishness of man perverteth his way"; {Pro 19:3} and then, to mend the matter, "his heart fretteth against the Lord." O silly simple!
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{a} Excusando seipsum accusat . - Gregor.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He confesseth his nakedness, which was evident, but saith…
He confesseth his nakedness, which was evident, but saith nothing of his sin; which, if possible, he would have hid: see Job 31:33. And is grieved for the shameful effects of his sin, but not yet sincerely penitent for his sin.
I hid myself, out of reverence to thy glorious majesty.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said, I heard thy voice in the…
And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden,.... The voice of thy Word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan: this was not the true cause of his hiding himself; he had heard his voice in the garden before, when it did not strike him with terror, but gave him pleasure:
and I was afraid, because I was naked. This also was not the true reason; he was naked from his creation as to his body, and it caused no shame in him, nor any dread to appear before God; he conceals the true cause, which was sin, that made the nakedness of his body shameful, and had stripped his soul of its native clothing, purity and holiness; and therefore it was, he could not appear before a pure and holy Being:
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and I hid myself; among the trees of the garden, and his wife also; or therefore (w) "hid myself"; through fear of God, his wrath and displeasure, which he had justly incurred by his disobedience, and because of his sin which had made his soul naked, though he was not as yet ingenuous enough to confess it.
(w) "ldeo", Vatablus.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain I heard thy voice in the garden: and I…
I heard thy voice in the garden: and I was afraid - Adam was afraid because he was naked; not only unarmed, and therefore afraid to contend with God, but unclothed and therefore afraid so much as to appear before him.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. I was afraid, because I was naked]…
Verse 10. I was afraid, because I was naked] See the immediate consequences of sin. 1. SHAME, because of the ingratitude marked in the rebellion, and because that in aiming to be like God they were now sunk into a state of the greatest wretchedness. 2. FEAR, because they saw they had been deceived by Satan, and were exposed to that death and punishment from which he had promised them an exemption. How worthy is it of remark that this cause continues to produce the very same effects! Shame and fear were the first fruits of sin, and fruits which it has invariably produced, from the first transgression to the present time.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Gen 3:10. I was afraid, because I was naked…
Gen 3:10. I was afraid, because I was naked — He confesses his nakedness, which was evident; but makes no mention of his sin. This he wished rather to hide, feeling, indeed, the shameful effects of it, but not yet being truly penitent for it.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Afraid. The just man is first to accuse himself:…
Afraid. The just man is first to accuse himself: but Adam seeks for excuses in his sin: he throws the blame on his wife, and ultimately on God. (Menochius) --- Thou gavest me. Heretics have since treated the Sovereign Good with the like insolence; saying plainly, that God is the author of sin, and that the crime of Judas is no less his work than the conversion of St. Paul. See Calvin’s works, and many of the first reformers, Luther, &c. cited. (Exodus 8. 15.) (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain THE EXAMINATION. (Gen 3:10-13)
THE EXAMINATION. (Gen 3:10-13)
afraid, because . . . naked--apparently, a confession--the language of sorrow; but it was evasive--no signs of true humility and penitence--each tries to throw the blame on another.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. I was afraid, because I was naked —…
10. I was afraid, because I was naked — Adam’s self-defence was a self-betrayal. Fear, consequent upon a sense of guilt, distracts the reason, demoralizes the judgment, and exposes the transgressor to certain condemnation. His nakedness was, for the moment, more prominent in his thought than a proper sense of his guilt.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. heard … afraid … hid] The man has…
10. heard … afraid … hid] The man has not courage to tell the whole truth. Fear suppresses that part of the truth which love should have avowed. To hide from God’s presence is the instinct of guilt; it is the converse of “to seek His face.”
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