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Genesis 3:1

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Now: Genesis 3:13-15; Isaiah 27:1; Matthew 10:16; 2 Corinthians 11:3, 2 Corinthians 11:14; Revelation 12:9, Revelation 20:2

serpent: The Samaritan copy, instead of nachash:, "a serpent," reads cachash:, "a liar or deceiver," read John 8:44.

he said: Numbers 22:28-29; Ecclesiastes 4:10; 1 Peter 3:7

Yea, hath: Heb. Yea, because, etc

hath: Matthew 4:3, Matthew 4:6, Matthew 4:9

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