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Andוַthe serpentהַנָּחָשׁsaidיֹּאמֶרto the woman,אֶל הָאִשָּׁה“You will certainly notלֹא מוֹתdie;תְּמֻתוּן
Genesis 3:4
Study it in the app“And the serpent said to the woman, “You will certainly not die;”
The serpent sows doubt, and the woman sees the fruit is “a delight to the eyes”Temptation
With the Hebrew beneath
Genesis 3:4, word by word
- the serpentנָּחָשׁnachash
serpent
A legless reptile that crawls and often bites with venom.
Where else “nachash” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- to the womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- “You will certainly notמוֹתmot
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mot” appears
The context
3but from the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden Elohim has said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, or you will die.’”
4 · This verse (above)
5for Elohim knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.”
To study Genesis 3 in a group
1. What it says
What did the serpent say to the woman, and what did she and the man do afterward (vv. 1-6)?
2. What it means
What changed between the man, the woman, and Elohim after they ate the fruit (vv. 7-10)?
3. How I live it
When you fail, how can you come near to Elohim instead of hiding, as the man did (v. 8)?