Gen 3:12-13 | TNotes | STEP | 3:12 It was the woman you gave me: Rather than confessing, the man became evasive. He blamed the woman for giving him the fruit and God for giving him the woman.

‏ Genesis 3:12-13

3:12 ^a It was the woman you gave me: Rather than confessing, the man became evasive. He blamed the woman for giving him the fruit and God for giving him the woman.
3:13 ^b What have you done? is another rhetorical question that is really an exclamation of horror (cp. 4:10 ^c).

• The serpent deceived me: As the man implicated the woman (3:12 ^d), the woman accused the serpent. The serpent did play a role and would be punished (3:14 ^e), but that did not release the woman or the man from their guilt.