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Genesis 3:8

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

KJV

Et cum audissent vocem Domini Dei deambulantis in paradiso ad auram post meridiem, abscondit se Adam et uxor ejus a facie Domini Dei in medio ligni paradisi.

Vulgate

Καὶ ἤκουσαν τὴν φωνὴν Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ περιπατοῦντος ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τὸ δειλινόν· καὶ ἐκρύβησαν ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου.

LXX

And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.

ASV

וַֽ/יִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶת ק֨וֹל יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהִ֛ים מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ בַּ/גָּ֖ן לְ/ר֣וּחַ הַ/יּ֑וֹם וַ/יִּתְחַבֵּ֨א הָֽ/אָדָ֜ם וְ/אִשְׁתּ֗/וֹ מִ/פְּנֵי֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים בְּ/ת֖וֹךְ עֵ֥ץ הַ/גָּֽן

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
גַן
gn
noun · 42×
הֵחָבֵֽא
hchb'
verb · 33×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
עֵ֣ץ
'ts
noun · 324×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
ת֣וֹךְ
tvk
noun · 416×

Typology

Theophany

Historic Christian voices

10 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§29But this "intimate and vital bond of man to God" (GS 19 # 1) can be forgotten, overlooked, or even explicitly rejected by man.3 Such attitudes can have different causes: revolt against evil in the world; religious ignorance or indifference; the cares and riches of this world; the scandal of bad example on the part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally, …
§397Man, tempted by the devil, let his trust in his Creator die in his heart and, abusing his freedom, disobeyed God's command. This is what man's first sin consisted of.278 All subsequent sin would be disobedience toward God and lack of trust in his goodness.
§399Scripture portrays the tragic consequences of this first disobedience. Adam and Eve immediately lose the grace of original holiness.280 They become afraid of the God of whom they have conceived a distorted image - that of a God jealous of his prerogatives.281
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There is but one Lord and one God, the Father and Creator of all things, who has loved us in Christ, given us commandments, and remitted our sins; whose Son and Word Christ proved Himself to be, when He forgave our sins. 1. Now this being is the Creator (Demiurgus), who is, in respect of His love, the Father; but in respect of His power, He is Lord; and in respect of His wisdom…
The Fullness of Interpersonal Communication What is shame and how can we explain its absence in the state of original innocence, in the depth of the mystery of the creation of man as male and female? From contemporary analyses of shame - and in particular of sexual modesty - we can deduce the complexity of this fundamental experience, in which man expresses himself as a person…
Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Genesis 1) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God. Chapter 1. He Ca…

Cross-references

  • 2Thess 1:9 — Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
  • Amos 9:2 — Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down:
  • Deut 4:33 — Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
  • Deut 5:25 — Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
  • Deut 23:14 — For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away
  • Gen 3:10 — And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
  • Gen 4:16 — And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
  • Heb 4:13 — Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
  • Isa 6:8 — Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me.
  • Jer 23:24 — Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD.
  • Job 22:14 — Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
  • Job 31:33 — If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom:
  • Job 34:21 — For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
  • Job 38:1 — Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
  • Jonah 1:3 — But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with the
  • Jonah 1:9 — And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
  • Lev 26:12 — And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people.
  • Prov 15:3 — The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
  • Ps 139:1 — O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
  • Rom 2:15 — Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)
  • Rom 2:15 — Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;)