Genesis 3 · Verse 2

Genesis 3:2

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:2, King James Version

Genesis 3:2 in other translations

BSBThe woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
WEBThe woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
ASVAnd the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:
YLTAnd the woman saith unto the serpent, ‘Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,
DARBYAnd the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
BBEAnd the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
WebsterAnd the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

What does Genesis 3:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. the woman said, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden--In her answer, Eve extolled the large extent of liberty they enjoyed in ranging at will amongst all the trees--one only excepted, with respect to which, she declared there was no doubt, either of the prohibition or the penalty. But there is reason to think that she had already received an injurious impression; for in using the words "lest ye die," instead of "ye shall surely die" [Ge 2:17], she spoke as if the tree had been forbidden because of some poisonous quality of its fruit. The tempter, perceiving this, became bolder in his assertions.

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 3:1-5

Satan assaulted our first parents, to draw them to sin, and the temptation proved fatal to them. The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. Satan's plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God. Thus the devil was from the beginning a murderer, and the great mischief maker. The person tempted was the woman: it was Satan's policy to enter into talk…

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Genesis 3:2 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.

וַתֹּ֥אמֶרva.To.merand she saidH559
הָֽאִשָּׁ֖הha.'i.Shahthe womanH802
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַנָּחָ֑שׁha.na.Chashthe snakeH5175
מִפְּרִ֥יmi.pe.Rifrom [the] fruit ofH6529
עֵֽץ\־'etz-[the] tree[s] ofH6086
הַגָּ֖ןha.Ganthe gardenH1588
נֹאכֵֽל\׃no.Khelwe will eatH398

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

Cross references for Genesis 3:2

  • Psalms 58:4

    Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;

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Ps 58:4

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Context

  • 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 3:2

    And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

  • Genesis 3:3

    But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

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Genesis 3:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y la mujer respondió á la serpiente: Del fruto de los árboles del huerto comemos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la femme dit au serpent: Nous mangeons du fruit des arbres du jardin;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Weib sprach zu der Schlange: Von der Frucht der Bäume des Gartens essen wir;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cui respondit mulier: De fructu lignorum, quæ sunt in paradiso, vescimur: