Genesis 3:8-9
What is written? (ESV)
And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?"
What does it say?
And they (Adam and Eve) heard God walking in the garden during the cool of the day and hid from His presence among the trees. But God called out to the man, asking where he was.
What is its immediate context?
The creation account and specifically Eve’s temptation by Satan and her and Adam’s sin in eating from the tree of Knowledge and Good and Evil.
How Genesis 3:8-9 is applied across Bible answers
Is it possible to hide from God?
Adam and Eve attempted to hide from God in the aftermath of their sin, but God knew they were hiding.
