Genesis 3:11
Context3:11 And the Lord God 1 said, “Who told you that you were naked? 2 Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 3
Genesis 40:17
Context40:17 In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head.”
Genesis 43:2
Context43:2 When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Return, buy us a little more food.”


[3:11] 1 tn Heb “and he said.” The referent (the
[3:11] 2 sn Who told you that you were naked? This is another rhetorical question, asking more than what it appears to ask. The second question in the verse reveals the
[3:11] 3 sn The Hebrew word order (“Did you from the tree – which I commanded you not to eat from it – eat?”) is arranged to emphasize that the man’s and the woman’s eating of the fruit was an act of disobedience. The relative clause inserted immediately after the reference to the tree brings out this point very well.