John Calvin Commentary Genesis 3:13

"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." — Genesis 3:13 (ASV)

And the Lord God said unto the woman. God contends no further with the man, nor was it necessary; for he aggravates rather than diminishes his crime, first by a frivolous defense, then by an impious disparagement of God; in short, though he rages, he is still held convicted. The Judge now turns to the woman, so that, with the case of both having been heard, he may finally pronounce sentence. The old interpreter renders God’s address this way: ‘Why have you done this?’ But the Hebrew phrase has more vehemence, for it is the language of one who wonders as at something prodigious. It ought, therefore, to be rendered instead: ‘How have you done this?’ as if he had said, ‘How was it possible that you could bring your mind to be such a perverse counsellor to your husband?’

The serpent beguiled me. Eve ought to have been confounded by the portentous wickedness about which she was admonished. Yet she is not struck dumb but, following her husband's example, transfers the charge to another; by laying the blame on the serpent, she foolishly, indeed, and impiously, thinks herself absolved. For her answer ultimately amounts to this: ‘I received from the serpent what you had forbidden; the serpent, therefore, was the impostor.’ But who compelled Eve to listen to his fallacies, and even to place confidence in them more readily than in the word of God? Lastly, how did she admit them, except by throwing open and betraying that door of access which God had sufficiently fortified? But the fruit of original sin presents itself everywhere: being blind in its own hypocrisy, it would gladly render God mute and speechless. And from where do so many murmurs arise daily, except because God does not hold his peace whenever we choose to blind ourselves?