God Arraigns Adam and Eve

Hearing the LORD God in the garden, the man and woman hide among the trees. God calls to the man and questions his fear and nakedness, tracing them back toward the forbidden tree.

T⁸hen the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. ⁹But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?” ¹⁰“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” ¹¹“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

The man answers by placing the gift and the act on the woman, and the woman is then asked what she has done. Her answer turns the blame toward the serpent.

¹²And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” ¹³Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”