Focused Passage

Genesis 3:1-7

Humanity Rebels Against God, Falls Under Curse, and Receives the First Hope of Redemption

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1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.

5 “For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

7 And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

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Verse 1

Original words

Now the serpent וְהַנָּחָשׁ֙ H5175 Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular was הָיָ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular more crafty עָר֔וּם H6175 Adjective - masculine singular than any מִכֹּל֙ H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct beast חַיַּ֣ת H2416 Noun - feminine singular construct of the field הַשָּׂדֶ֔ה H7704 Article | Noun - masculine singular that אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֣ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular God אֱלֹהִ֑ים H430 Noun - masculine plural had made עָשָׂ֖ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular And he said וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the woman הָ֣אִשָּׁ֔ה H802 Article | Noun - feminine singular Did God אֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Noun - masculine plural really כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction . . . אַ֚ף H637 Conjunction say אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular You must not לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle eat תֹֽאכְל֔וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural from any מִכֹּ֖ל H3605 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct tree עֵ֥ץ H6086 Noun - masculine singular construct in the garden הַגָּֽן׃ H1588 Article | Noun - common singular

BSB notes

  • Hebrew nachash, translated in this chapter as serpent, is translated in most cases as snake.
Verse 2

Original words

The woman הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה H802 Article | Noun - feminine singular answered וַתֹּ֥אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the serpent הַנָּחָ֑שׁ H5175 Article | Noun - masculine singular We may eat נֹאכֵֽל׃ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural the fruit מִפְּרִ֥י H6529 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of the trees עֵֽץ־ H6086 Noun - masculine singular construct of the garden הַגָּ֖ן H1588 Article | Noun - common singular
Verse 3

Original words

but about the fruit וּמִפְּרִ֣י H6529 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct of the tree הָעֵץ֮ H6086 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative in the middle בְּתוֹךְ־ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the garden הַגָּן֒ H1588 Article | Noun - common singular God אֱלֹהִ֗ים H430 Noun - masculine plural has said אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular You must not לֹ֤א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle eat תֹֽאכְלוּ֙ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural of it מִמֶּ֔נּוּ H4480 Preposition | third person masculine singular [or] וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle touch תִגְּע֖וּ H5060 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural it בּ֑וֹ Preposition | third person masculine singular [or] פֶּן־ H6435 Conjunction you will die תְּמֻתֽוּן׃ H4191 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Verse 4

Original words

You will not לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle surely die מ֖וֹת H4191 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . תְּמֻתֽוּן׃ H4191 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun the serpent הַנָּחָ֖שׁ H5175 Article | Noun - masculine singular told וַיֹּ֥אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular . . . אֶל־ H413 Preposition the woman הָֽאִשָּׁ֑ה H802 Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 5

Original words

For כִּ֚י H3588 Conjunction God אֱלֹהִ֔ים H430 Noun - masculine plural knows יֹדֵ֣עַ H3045 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular that כִּ֗י H3588 Conjunction in the day בְּיוֹם֙ H3117 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct you eat אֲכָלְכֶ֣ם H398 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural of it מִמֶּ֔נּוּ H4480 Preposition | third person masculine singular your eyes עֵֽינֵיכֶ֑ם H5869 Noun - cdc | second person masculine plural will be וִהְיִיתֶם֙ H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural opened וְנִפְקְח֖וּ H6491 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural and you will be like God כֵּֽאלֹהִ֔ים H430 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural knowing יֹדְעֵ֖י H3045 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct good ט֥וֹב H2896 Noun - masculine singular and evil וָרָֽע׃ H7451 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Verse 6

Original words

When the woman הָֽאִשָּׁ֡ה H802 Article | Noun - feminine singular saw וַתֵּ֣רֶא H7200 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular that כִּ֣י H3588 Conjunction the tree הָעֵ֨ץ H6086 Article | Noun - masculine singular [was] good טוֹב֩ H2896 Adjective - masculine singular for food לְמַאֲכָ֜ל H3978 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular and וְכִ֧י H3588 Conjunction - ה֣וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular pleasing תַֽאֲוָה־ H8378 Noun - feminine singular to the eyes לָעֵינַ֗יִם H5869 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - cd [and that it was] הָעֵץ֙ H6086 Article | Noun - masculine singular desirable וְנֶחְמָ֤ד H2530 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular for obtaining wisdom לְהַשְׂכִּ֔יל H7919 Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct she took וַתִּקַּ֥ח H3947 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular the fruit מִפִּרְי֖וֹ H6529 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular and ate it וַתֹּאכַ֑ל H398 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular She also gave [some] וַתִּתֵּ֧ן H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular . . . גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction to her husband לְאִישָׁ֛הּ H376 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular [who was] with her עִמָּ֖הּ H5973 Preposition | third person feminine singular and he ate it וַיֹּאכַֽל׃ H398 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 7

Original words

And the eyes עֵינֵ֣י H5869 Noun - cdc of both of them שְׁנֵיהֶ֔ם H8147 Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine plural were opened וַתִּפָּקַ֙חְנָה֙ H6491 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine plural and they הֵ֑ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural knew וַיֵּ֣דְע֔וּ H3045 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural that כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction they [were] naked עֵֽירֻמִּ֖ם H5903 Adjective - masculine plural so they sewed together וַֽיִּתְפְּרוּ֙ H8609 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural fig תְאֵנָ֔ה H8384 Noun - feminine singular leaves עֲלֵ֣ה H5929 Noun - masculine singular construct and made וַיַּעֲשׂ֥וּ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural coverings חֲגֹרֹֽת׃ H2290 Noun - feminine plural for themselves לָהֶ֖ם Preposition | third person masculine plural

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