Verse Lens · Context pointer
Genesis 3:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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Role in This Section
The woman answers that they may eat from the garden's trees.
Read It With
- Genesis 3:1–24
Read verses 1–3 together and compare 2:16–17. Her answer partly corrects the serpent's exaggerated question before restating the boundary.
Why It Needs Context
The verse supplies only the permission half of her response and must not be separated from the prohibition and death warning in verse 3.
Read Genesis 3:1–5 together
Why these verses belong together: The serpent's question, the woman's response, the death denial, and the knowledge claim form one escalating dialogue about God's command and character.
Verse 1. 1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Verse 2. 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Verse 3. 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Verse 4. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
Verse 5. 5 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.
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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