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God Arraigns Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:9

In 11 translations

BSB
But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
KJV
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
WEB
Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
ASV
And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
LSV
And YHWH God calls to the man and says to him, “Where [are] you?”
YLT
And Jehovah God calleth unto the man, and saith to him, 'Where [art] thou?'
DBY
And Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to him, Where art thou?
DRC
And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou?
GNV
But the Lord God called to the man, and said vnto him, Where art thou?
JPS
And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'
LXXE
And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, Adam, where art thou?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקְרָ֛א יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־הָֽאָדָ֑ם וַיֹּ֥אמֶר ל֖וֹ אַיֶּֽכָּה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐκάλεσεν Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Ἀδὰμ, καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· Ἀδὰμ ποῦ εἶ;

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👤 Adam👤 God◆ The Fall

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 4:9And the LORD said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?” “I do not know!” he answered. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
  • Genesis 16:8“Hagar, servant of Sarai,” he said, “where have you come from, and where are you going?” “I am running away from my mistress Sarai,” she replied.
  • Revelation 20:12–13And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books. The sea…
  • Genesis 18:20–21Then the LORD said, “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great. Because their sin is so grievous, I will go down to see if their actions fully justify the outcry that has reached Me. If not, I will find out.”
  • Joshua 7:17–19He had the clans of Judah come forward, and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He had the clan of the Zerahites come forward, and the family of Zabdi was selected. And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man…
  • Genesis 11:5Then the LORD came down to see the city and the tower that the sons of men were building.

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