Genesis 3:12
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 3:12 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 3:12 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 3:12 — KJV
“And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.”
— Genesis 3:12 (KJV)
Genesis 3:12 in Context — About the Book of Genesis
Genesis is the book of beginnings — creation, the fall, the flood, and the call of Abraham. It answers the oldest questions: where we came from, why the world is broken, and how God begins His rescue plan through one family. Every major theme in the Bible is planted here as a seed.
Cross-References for Genesis 3:12
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. pleasant: Heb. a desire”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:12: woman, gave, tree
“And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:12: gave, tree, eat
“They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. carpenters: or, workmen”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:12: gave, tree, eat
“For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:12: gavest, gave, eat
“Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:12: gavest, gave, eat
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