The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
- BSB And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
- NKJV Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
- NASB The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me some of the fruit of the tree, and I ate.”
- NLT The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Prov 28:13He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
- Jas 1:13–15Let no man say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God,” for God can’t be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one.
- Rom 10:3For being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and seeking to establish their own righteousness, they didn’t subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
- Job 31:33if like Adam I have covered my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my heart,
- Gen 2:18Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
- Prov 19:3The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.
- 1 Sam 15:20–24Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed Yahweh’s voice, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
- Luke 10:29But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?”
- Exod 32:21–24Moses said to Aaron, “What did these people do to you, that you have brought a great sin on them?”
- Gen 2:20The man gave names to all livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field; but for man there was not found a helper comparable to him.
- Gen 2:22Yahweh God made a woman from the rib which he had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.
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