Genesis 3:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the coold of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. ”

Genesis 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XVI. The Judgment 15. שׁוּף shûp “bruise, wound.” τηρεῖν (= τερεῖν ?) tērein ἐκτρίβειν ektribein Job 9:17 , καταπατεῖν katapatein Psalms 139:11 , συντρίβειν...
Genesis 3:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife (h) hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. (h)...
Genesis 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Among the animals formed by Yahweh, in His first attempt to provide man with a companion, was the serpent; at that time either a quadruped or holding itself erect. It was eminent among its fellows fo...
Genesis 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

voice . sound. ( Ecclesiastes 7:6 . crackling.) Here. footsteps, as in 2 Samuel 5:24 ; 1 Kings 14:6 ; 2 Kings 6:32 . cool. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. hid themselves. No "quest for God" in fall...
Genesis 3:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. And they heard the voice of the Lord God. As soon as the voice of God sounds, Adam and Eve perceive that the leaves by which they thought themselves well protected are of no avail. Moses h...
Genesis 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. The voic...
Genesis 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they heard, &c.— This may be rendered, and they heard the sound of the Lord God proceeding or coming into the garden, at the decline, or in the cool of the day, whether morning or evening...
Genesis 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. An...
Genesis 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paradise and the Fall In this famous passage we possess a wealth of moral and spiritual teaching regarding God and man. The intention of the writer is evidently to give an answer to the question:...
Genesis 3:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE. The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve remained in their original state of innocence for six hours only. Others have supp...
Genesis 3:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE FALL Genesis 3:1-24 PROFOUND as the teaching of this narrative is, its meaning does not lie on the surface. Literal interpretation will reach a measure of its significance, but plainly ther...
Genesis 3:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Man and Woman, Temptation Genesis 2:18-25 ; Genesis 3:1-8 Human love is God's best gift to man. Without it even Eden would not be Paradise. That Adam was able to name the animals, affixing a t...
Genesis 3:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begins the second section of the Book of Genesis. As the first has answered questions concerning creation, the second replies to questions asked in the presence of sin and suffering and sorrow....
Genesis 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Observe the immediate effect of sin. Shame, guilt and fear, filled...
Genesis 3:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

CONCEALMENT FROM GOD IMPOSSIBLE ‘Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.’ Genesis 3:8 I. That which strikes us first of all is, t...
Genesis 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they heard the voice of the Lord God ,.... Which they had heard before, and knew, though perhaps now in another tone, and very terrible, which before was mild and gentle, pleasant and delightful...
Genesis 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. Ver. 8...
Genesis 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They heard the voice of the Lord God walking , &c. It is supposed he came in a human shape; in that wherein they had seen him, when he put them into paradise. For he came to convince and humble,...
Genesis 3:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE FALL OF MAN The serpent is introduced in this chapter as being more cunning than all other beasts. This was evidently so just by the fact of Satan's using the serpent for his mouthpiece. It is...
Genesis 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Fall of Man. B. C. 4004. 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for foo...
Genesis 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The voice of the Lord God, mentioned Genesis 3:9 , or rather the sound, as the word voice is often taken in Scripture, as Psalms 93:3 Revelation 10:3 , Revelation 19:6 . Either God the...
Genesis 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 a ‘And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze (ruach - literally “‘in the wind of the day”)'. It may well be that they had comm...
Genesis 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 3:8-12 THE SAD EFFECTS OF YIELDING TO TEMPTATION I. That yielding to temptation is generally followed by a sad consciousness of physical destitution...
Genesis 3:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 3 Consider: (1) some of the consequences, and (2) some of the corroborative proofs of the fall. I. Beside and behind the outward consequences, there were inward results far more terrible....
Genesis 3:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 3:1 . Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?...
Genesis 3:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 3:1 . The serpent. The rabbins and the christian doctors have largely sported their opinions here. St. Cyril contends that Satan assumed the figure of the serpent, and so talked with the w...
Genesis 3:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

They heard the voice of the Lord God God’s voice in nature Whether their ears as well as their hearts heard God’s voice does not much matter. It would have mattered if their ears and not their...
Genesis 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 3:8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God . Either (1) the noise of his footsteps (cf. Le Genesis 26:33 ; Numbers 16:34 ; 2 Samuel 5:24 ; Knobel, Delitzsch, Kei...
Genesis 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Investigation of God
Genesis 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they. Genesis 3:10 Deuteronomy 4:33 Deuteronomy 5:25 cool of the day. Heb. wind. Job 34:21 Job 34:22 Job 38:1 hid. Job 22:14 Job 31:33 Job 34:22 Psalms 139:1-12 Proverbs 15:3...
Genesis 3:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Temptation Genesis 3:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are some very vital questions which naturally tome to most minds. These we will seek to answer. 1. Did God know that man would sin when...

Genesis 3:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Genesis 3:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 3:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 3:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 3:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Genesis 3:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 3:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 3:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 3:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 3:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 3:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary