Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 3:11 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 11. 11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
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Role in This Section
God asks who disclosed the man's nakedness and whether he ate from the prohibited tree.
Read It With
- Genesis 3:1–24
Read verses 10–13 together. The paired questions move from the symptom he named to the command he violated and then to responsibility.
Why It Needs Context
This is an interrogative step; its meaning depends on the man's answer and the following question to the woman.
Read Genesis 3:8–13 together
Why these verses belong together: Hiding, divine questions, fear, eating, and redirected blame make one interrogation scene.
Verse 8. 8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
Verse 9. 9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
Verse 10. 10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
Verse 11. 11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Verse 12. 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Verse 13. 13 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.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Genesis 3:1–24 — Mistrust, Disobedience, and Exile Fracture the GardenSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Reader-facing Scripture wording, verse numbering, paragraph data, and supplied-word markup.
Exact location: Pinned eBible/CrossWire standardized 1769 KJV corpus, Genesis 3:1–24
Open source ↗hebrew text morphology and lemma data
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible — Genesis
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, Version 2.2 released 2021; repository inspected 2026
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, clause structure, wordplay, and verse boundaries.
Exact location: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, wlc/Gen.xml, Genesis 3:1–24
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