Holy Scripture

Genesis 3:12

A church father on this verse
“Once again Adam failed to confess his fault, laying the blame on the woman who was like him: "The woman with whom you provided me gave me of the Tree and I ate. [ Gen. 3:12 ] I myself did not approach the Tree, nor was it my hand which presumed to stretch out for the fruit." This is why the Apostle too says, "Adam him…”
Ephrem the Syrian, 4th c.

Source: Septuagint

Original

12And Adam said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.

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10And he said to him, I heard thy voice as thou walkedst in the garden, and I feared because I was naked and I hid myself.

11And God said to him, Who told thee that thou wast naked, unless thou hast eaten of the tree concerning which I charged thee of it alone not to eat?

— Genesis 3:12 —

13And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me and I ate.

14And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattle and all the brutes of the earth, on thy breast and belly thou shalt go, and thou shalt eat earth all the days of thy life.

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