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The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
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The First Blame Game
Commentators unanimously observe that Adam's first response is not to take responsibility but to shift blame. He points to 'the woman' and then, as scholars highlight, implicitly blames God by specifying 'the woman whom you gave to be with me.' This reveals a core corruption of sin: the instinct to excuse ourselves by accusing others.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (= τερεῖν ?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein …
19th Century
Anglican
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Baptist
And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
This is a clear proof of his guilt…
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16th Century
Protestant
The woman whom you gave to be with me. Adam's boldness now more clearly reveals itself; for, so far from being subdued, he breaks forth in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the man said Not being able any longer to conceal the truth, though he shifts off the blame as much as possible from …
Observe the startling question: Adam, where art thou? Those who by sin go astray from God should seriously consider where they are; they a…
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