And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
The man said, 'The woman you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.'
Adam is blaming both Eve and God for his choice to eat the forbidden fruit, refusing to take responsibility for his own actions.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical narrative of Genesis, this verse takes place in the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve have disobeyed God by eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, which He had explicitly commanded them not to touch. When God confronts Adam about his sin, Adam responds by shifting the blame to Eve, claiming that she gave him the fruit and even indirectly implicating God for providing her as his companion. This moment illustrates the early human tendency to evade personal accountability in the face of divine judgment.
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