Genesis 3:13

Modern

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

Traditional

And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

Literal

And YHWH God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Latin

Et dixit Dominus Deus ad mulierem: Quare hoc fecisti? Quæ respondit: Serpens decepit me, et comedi.

Hebrew

English

Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

What is this you have done?: This question is not asked to get information. It is an expression of shock and horror (see 4:10).
The serpent deceived me: The man blamed the woman (3:12), and the woman blamed the serpent. The serpent did play a role and would be punished (3:14). But this did not free the woman or the man from their guilt.

When the man and woman rebelled against God, it disrupted their harmony with the earth, animals, each other, and God.

Theme notes and profiles

2 Corinthians 11:3
I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.
1 Timothy 2:14
And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
Genesis 4:10–12
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Genesis 3:4–6
“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.
John 18:35
“Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed You over to me. What have You done?”
2 Samuel 12:9–12
Why then have you despised the command of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You put Uriah the Hittite to the sword and took his wife as your own. You have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites.
Genesis 44:15
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
2 Samuel 3:24
So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!