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Notes
Where are you?: The man's answer shows the real purpose of this question (3:10). The real meaning of the question was, "Why are you hiding?" (compare 4:9–10).
I was afraid because I was naked: Modesty was not the problem. The shame from their rebellion made Adam and his wife hide. They might have also feared punishment (see study note on 3:8).
When the man and woman rebelled against God, it disrupted their harmony with the earth, animals, each other, and God.
Events
- The Fallc. 4004 BC
Glossary
Adam (Person) Apocalyptic Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Bible, Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament Book of Revelation Chronology of the Bible (Old Testament) Conscience Creation Myths Discipline Evil Fall of Man Fear Genesis, Book of God-Fearer Judgment Land Man Mesopotamia Monotheism Paradise Patriarchs, Period of the Sex, Sexuality Snake Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Woman
Topics
Conviction: Adam and Eve, After Their Disobedience Disobedience to God of Adam and Eve, Eating the Forbidden Fruit Escape: None, from the Judgments of God Fall of Man: General Scriptures Concerning Fear of God: Guilty Fear: Adam and Eve God: Appearances of To Adam Innocency: Contrasted with Guilt, Compare Man: Disobeyed God by Eating Part of the Forbidden Fruit Man: Filled with Shame After the Fall Serpent: Satan Appears to Eve in the Form of Shame of Adam and Eve Sin: Fruits of Sin: No Escape from the Consequences of Sin: The Wicked: Try to Conceal, from God Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning Temptation: Yielding to Adam and Eve The Fall of Man: Man in Consequence of Conscious of Guilt Unholy Fear: A Guilty Conscience Leads To Unholy Fear: Adam Women: Fall of, and Curse Upon