Gen 3:13 | TNotes | STEP | 3:13 What have you done? is another rhetorical question that is really an exclamation of horror (cp. 4:10 ). • The serpent deceived me: As the man implicated the woman (3:12 ), the woman accused the serpent. The serpent did play a role and would be punished (3:14 ), but that did not release the woman or the man from their guilt.

‏ Genesis 3:13

3:13 ^a What have you done? is another rhetorical question that is really an exclamation of horror (cp. 4:10 ^b).

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