Genesis 3:5

Translations

Modern

“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Traditional

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Literal

For God knows that in the day of your eating from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Latin

Scit enim Deus quod in quocumque die comederitis ex eo, aperientur oculi vestri, et eritis sicut dii, scientes bonum et malum.

Original

Hebrew

English

“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

Notes

Genesis 3:4–5

You will not surely die: This directly contradicts God's clear and emphatic words: “you will surely die” (2:17). The serpent takes advantage of the woman's doubt. He denies there will be any penalty and quickly shifts her focus to the supposed reward. He says she will become like God, knowing good and evil.

The deceiver falsely implies that this would be totally beneficial for them. The term used for God is Elohim. It can also mean “divine beings,” such as God and the angels (for example, Psalms 29:1; 89:7).

Genesis 3:1–24

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

Theme notes and profiles

Adam and Eve Community Responsibility: Achan’s Sin Human Sexuality Marriage and Sexuality Sin Enters the World Symbolic Numbers The Creation The Dangers of Sin The Purpose of the Sinai Covenant The Tabernacle Violation of the Sacred Women’s Roles in the New Testament Church

Events

The Fallc. 4004 BC

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