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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 3:11

Who told thee that thou wast naked? — Adam had given as his excuse that which was really the consequence of his sin; but by this question God awakens his conscience, and makes him feel that what he had described as a want or imperfection was really the result of his own act. And as long as a man feels sorrow only for the results of his actions there is no repentance, and no wish to return to the Divine presence. God, therefore, in order to win Adam back to better thoughts, carries his mind from the effect to the sin that had caused it.

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  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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