Genesis 3 · Verse 13

Genesis 3:13

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.
Genesis 3:13, King James Version

Genesis 3:13 in other translations

BSBThen the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
WEBThe LORD God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
ASVAnd Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
YLTAnd Jehovah God saith to the woman, ‘What is this thou hast done?' and the woman saith, ‘The serpent hath caused me to forget--and I do eat.'
DARBYAnd Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
BBEAnd the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
WebsterAnd the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.

What does Genesis 3:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. beguiled--cajoled by flattering lies. This sin of the first pair was heinous and aggravated--it was not simply eating an apple, but a love of self, dishonor to God, ingratitude to a benefactor, disobedience to the best of Masters--a preference of the creature to the Creator.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 3:9-13

Observe the startling question, Adam, where art thou? Those who by sin go astray from God, should seriously consider where they are; they are afar off from all good, in the midst of their enemies, in bondage to Satan, and in the high road to utter ruin. This lost sheep had wandered without end, if the good Shepherd had not sought after him, and told him, that where he was straying he could not be either happy or…

Read the full comment on Genesis 3:9-13 →

Genesis 3:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimGodH430
לָאִשָּׁ֖הla.'i.Shahto the womanH802
מַה\־mah-what?H4100
זֹּ֣אתzotthisH2063
עָשִׂ֑ית'a.Sithave you doneH6213
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand she saidH559
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
הַנָּחָ֥שׁha.na.Chashthe snakeH5175
הִשִּׁיאַ֖נִיhi.shi.'A.ni<it> deceived meH5377
וָאֹכֵֽל\׃va.'o.Kheland I ateH398

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 3:13

  • 2 Corinthians 11:3

    But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.

  • 1 Timothy 2:14

    And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

  • John 18:35

    Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done?

  • Genesis 4:10-12

    And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground. And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

  • Genesis 3:4-6

    And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

  • 2 Samuel 12:9-12

    Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What.
4:10-12; 44:15; 1Sa 13:11; 2Sa 3:24; 12:9-12; Joh 18:35
The serpent.
4-6; 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14

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Context

  • Genesis 3:12

    And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

  • Genesis 3:13

    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.

  • Genesis 3:14

    And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

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Genesis 3:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces Jehová Dios dijo á la mujer: ¿Qué es lo que has hecho? Y dijo la mujer: La serpiente me engañó, y comí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel Dieu dit à la femme: Qu’est-ce que tu as fait? Et la femme dit: Le serpent m’a séduite, et j’en ai mangé.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova Gott sprach zu dem Weibe: Was hast du da getan! Und das Weib sprach: Die Schlange betrog mich, und ich aß.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et dixit Dominus Deus ad mulierem: Quare hoc fecisti? Quæ respondit: Serpens decepit me, et comedi.