Genesis 3:6

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrative describes the woman’s response to the serpent’s claim in Genesis 3:5, occurring immediately before the immediate consequence recorded in Genesis 3:7.

The words — תַּאֲוָה (ta'avah) = delight/desire; טוֹב (tov) = good. These terms appear in the second and first parallel clauses describing the woman’s assessment of the tree.

The thread — The sequence of internal desire leading to action appears in James 1:14, while the triad of fleshly, visual, and prideful temptation echoes in 1 John 2:16. The woman’s role in the transgression is noted in 1 Timothy 2:14.

Why it lands — The text records the woman’s sensory and intellectual evaluation of the tree, her consumption, and her distribution of the fruit to her husband who was with her. It asks the reader to observe how perceived goodness and wisdom can precede a shared act of disobedience.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
James 1:14 But each one is tempted when by his own evil desires he is lured away and enticed.
1 Timothy 2:14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
2 Samuel 11:2 One evening David got up from his bed and strolled around on the roof of the palace. And from the roof he saw a woman bathing—a very beautiful woman.
Joshua 7:21 When I saw among the spoils a beautiful cloak from Shinar, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”
Romans 5:12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
Genesis 6:2 the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful, and they took as wives whomever they chose.
Ezekiel 24:16 “Son of man, behold, I am about to take away the desire of your eyes with a fatal blow. But you must not mourn or weep or let your tears flow.
Ezekiel 24:25 And you, son of man, know that on the day I take away their stronghold, their pride and joy—the desire of their eyes which uplifted their souls—and their sons and daughters as well,
Hosea 6:7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.