Genesis 3:10 (BSB)

“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

From Genesis 3. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Genesis 3:10

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Genesis 3:10: 10. And he said , I heard thy voice . Although this seems to be the confession of a dejected and humbled man, it will nevertheless soon appear that he was not yet properly subdued, nor led to repentance. He imputes his fear to the voice of God, and to his own nakedness, as, if he had never before heard God speaking without being alarmed...
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Genesis 3:9-10: We have here the arraignment of these deserters before the righteous Judge of heaven and earth, who, though he is not tied to observe formalities, yet proceeds against them with all possible fairness, that he may be justified when he speaks. Observe here, I. The startling question with which God pursued Adam and arrested him: Where art thou?
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Genesis 3:10: And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden,.... The voice of thy Word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan: this was not the true cause of his hiding himself; he had heard his voice in the garden before, when it did not strike him with terror, but gave him pleasure: and I was afraid, because I was naked.
  • Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Genesis 3:10-13: THE EXAMINATION. (Gen 3:10-13) afraid, because . . . naked--apparently, a confession--the language of sorrow; but it was evasive--no signs of true humility and penitence--each tries to throw the blame on another.