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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Alors ils entendirent la voix de l'Eternel Dieu, qui parcourait le jardin vers le soir, et l'homme et sa femme se cachèrent loin de la face de l'Eternel Dieu, au milieu des arbres du jardin.

KJV

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

Patristic reading

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  • Philo Judaeus

    Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III

    ἐκρύβησαν ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου“ (Gen. 3, 8). δόγμα εἰσηγεῖται διδάσκον, ὅτι ὁ φαῦλος φυγάς ἐστιν. εἰ γὰρ πόλις οἰκεία τῶν σοφῶν ἡ ἀρετή, ταύτης ὁ μὴ δυνάμενος μετέχειν ἀπελήλαται πόλεως, ἧς ἀδυνατεῖ μετέχειν ὁ φα…
  • Philo Judaeus

    Legum Allegoriarum Libri I-III

    θεόν, δεδηλώκαμεν· νυνὶ δὲ σκεψώμεθα, ὅπου ἀποκρύπτεται. „ἐν μέσῳ“ φησί „τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου" (Gen. 3, 8), τουτέστι κατὰ μέσον τὸν νοῦν, ὃς καὶ αὐτὸς μέσος ἐστὶν ὡσανεὶ παραδείσου τῆς ὅλης ψυχῆς· ὁ γὰρ ἀποδιδράσκων θεὸν καταφεύγει εἰς ἑαυτόν. δυοῖν γὰρ ὄντων τοῦ τε τῶν ὅλων…
  • Epiphanius

    Ancoratus

    ου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν. »ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις 1 Job. 20, 17 — 2 Gen. 3, 8 — 5 vgl. Gen. 6, 13; 7, 1; 9, 12 — –9 Gen. 18, 1 ff — 11 vgl. Gen. 18, 33 — 12 Gen. 18, 17 — 13 Gen. 18, 20 — 15 Gen. 19, 1 — 18 Gen. 19, 24 — 21 Deut. 32, 43 — 27 Psal.…

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