Genesis 3:2

3:2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;

Genesis 12:11

12:11 As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman.

Genesis 24:39

24:39 But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go with me?’

Genesis 28:1

28:1 So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, “You must not marry a Canaanite woman!

Genesis 46:10

46:10 The sons of Simeon:

Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar,

and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman).


tn There is a notable change between what the Lord God had said and what the woman says. God said “you may freely eat” (the imperfect with the infinitive absolute, see 2:16), but the woman omits the emphatic infinitive, saying simply “we may eat.” Her words do not reflect the sense of eating to her heart’s content.

tn Heb “drew near to enter.”

tn The particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”) is deictic here; it draws attention to the following fact.

tn Heb “a woman beautiful of appearance are you.”

tn The imperfect is used here in a modal sense to indicate desire.

tn Heb “after me.”

tn Heb “you must not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan.”