And the man said,.... Not being able any longer to conceal the truth, though he shifts off the blame as much as possible from himself:the woman whom thou gavest to be with me: to be his wife and his companion, to be an help meet unto him, and share with him in the blessings of paradise, to assist in civil and domestic affairs, and join with him in acts of religion and devotion:she gave me of the tree, and I did eat; she first ate of it herself, through the solicitations of the serpent, and then she persuaded me to eat of it; and accordingly I did, I own it.
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Genesis 3:12
Genesis 3:12
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