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11 “Who told you that you are naked?” God[a] asked. “Did you eat fruit[b] from the tree that I commanded you not to eat?”

12 The man answered, “The woman whom you provided for[c] me gave me fruit[d] from the tree, and I ate some of it.”[e]

13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What did you do?”[f]

“The Shining One[g] misled me,” the woman answered, “so I ate.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:11 Lit. he
  2. Genesis 3:11 The Heb. lacks fruit
  3. Genesis 3:12 Or you gave
  4. Genesis 3:12 The Heb. lacks fruit
  5. Genesis 3:12 The Heb. lacks some of it
  6. Genesis 3:13 Lit. What is this you did?
  7. Genesis 3:13 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14