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Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
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Shifting the Blame
Commentators like Spurgeon, Calvin, and Henry note that Eve's response, "The serpent beguiled me," follows Adam's pattern of shifting blame. While factually true, they see it as an attempt to excuse her sin rather than taking full responsibility. This highlights a common human tendency to deflect guilt instead of confessing it outright.
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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 woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord God said to the woman Who was first in the transgression, and drew her husband into it, and upon whom h…
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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