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Commentaries on Genesis 3:11

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Genesis 3 In this chapter an account is given of the temptation of our first parents, of the instrument of it, and of their fall into it, and of the effect of it, Genesis 3:1 their summons upon it to appear before God, against whom they had sinned, Genesis 3:8 their examination by him, and the excuses they made, Genesis 3:11 the various sentences passed of the serpent, the woman,...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

And he said,.... The Lord God, or the Word of the Lord; who told thee that thou [wast] naked? or showed it to thee; by what means hast thou got knowledge of it? what hast thou done that thou perceivest it, so as to cause shame and fear? man was made naked, and so he continued, and he must be sensible of it, but it gave him no uneasiness, because he was without shame on account of it; so that it...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

The story of this chapter is perhaps as sad a story (all things considered) as any we have in all the Bible. In the foregoing chapters we have had the pleasant view of the holiness and happiness of our first parents, the grace and favour of God, and the peace and beauty of the whole creation, all good, very good; but here the scene is altered. We have here an account of the sin and misery of our...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. 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? God comes to judge his fallen creature, yet he deals kindly with him. The Lord will have it...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, — Note the calm majesty of every word. Here is no human passion, but divine dignity: “And he said,” —

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat! And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. There is no sign of true confession here. Adam had been an unfallen creature a few hours before, but, now, he had broken the commandment of the Lord, and you can see how completely...