Adam wasn’t deceived, but the woman, being deceived, has fallen into disobedience;
Parallel translations
- KJV And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
- BSB And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
- NKJV And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression.
- NASB And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a wrongdoer.
- NLT And it was not Adam who was deceived by Satan. The woman was deceived, and sin was the result.
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Cross-references · 3
- 2 Cor 11:3But I am afraid that somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- Gen 3:6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
- Gen 3:12–13The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
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