Genesis 3:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Genesis 3:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Genesis 3:2 is a verse from the book of Genesis in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Genesis 3:2 — KJV
“And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:”
— Genesis 3:2 (KJV)
Genesis 3:2 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 3:2
“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:2: may, eat, fruit
“For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:2: eat, fruit, trees
“But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. oliveyard: or, olive trees”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:2: may, eat, trees
“And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:2: eat, fruit, trees
“And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.”
Shares key themes with Genesis 3:2: may, eat, fruit
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