Genesis 3:8 (WEB)
They heard the LORD God’s voice 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.
Catechism · 4
Man's Capacity for God
“…part of believers; currents of thought hostile to religion; finally, that attitude of sinful man which makes him hide from God out of fear and flee his call.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. GS 19-21; Mt 13:22; Gen 3:8-10; Jon 1:3.
The Fall
“This is what man's first sin consisted of.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 3:1-11 ; Rom 5:19.
“They become afraid of the God of whom they have conceived a distorted image - that of a God jealous of his prerogatives.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 3:5-10.
“The harmony in which they had found themselves, thanks to original justice, is now destroyed: the control of the soul's spiritual faculties over the body is shattered; the union of man and woman becomes subject to tensions, their relations henceforth marked by lust and domination.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 3:7-16.
Fathers and councils · 13
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus VI.64Book VI
“…indicate a kind of motion, as it were, on His part, such as this, “They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day,” we must understand them in this way, that it is by sinners that God is understood as moving, or as we understand the “sleep” of God, which is taken in a…” — editor's note: Cf. Gen. iii. 8.
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Irenaeus of Lyons
“For Adam, it is said, “heard the voice of the Lord God.”” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8.
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Gregory of Nyssa
“…steadfastness in righteousness,—that He moves or walks; as, in the case of Adam, the sacred history records God’s walking in the garden in the cool of the day, signifying thereby the fall of the first man into darkness, and, by the moving, his weakness and instability in regard to righteousness.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
“For when Adam sinned, it is also written that he heard the voice of the Lord, walking in paradise, in the cool after mid-day [Gen 3:8]; and in that hour when the first Adam by sinning brought death into the world, in that same hour the second Adam by dying destroyed death.” — the author cites it
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“In the evening, when the Lord walked in the Garden, they hid themselves; and in the evening the robber is brought by the Lord into Paradise.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8.
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Augustine of Hippo
“For such is the entrance unto the faith for the sons of Adam forgetful of Thee, while they hide themselves from Thy face, and become a darksome deep.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8.
Read the whole comment“That his earth has reference to the inner man, and that man is cast forth thence by pride, may be particularly seen in that which is written, “Why is earth and ashes proud?” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8.
Read the whole comment“For the “light of his eyes” was God Himself, whom when he had offended, he fled to the shade, and hid himself among the trees of Paradise.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8.
Read the whole comment“For if an angel is able to use air, mist, cloud, fire, and any other natural substance or corporal species; and man to use face, tongue, hand, pen, letters, or any other significants, for the purpose of intimating the secret things of his own mind: in a word, if,…” — editor's note: [Judg. xiii. 20. This mysterious subject may be illustrated from Holy Scripture so as to justify our author’s very broad statement. It throws light on Gen.…
Read the whole comment“…of the Lord God, walking in the garden in the cool of the evening, and hid himself among the trees of the garden; and when God said, “Adam, where art thou?” replied, “I heard Thy voice, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself from Thy face.”” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8–10
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Theodoret of Cyrus
“…retort that even in the Old Testament the divine Scripture says many things œconomically, as for instance, “Adam heard the voice of the Lord God walking,” and “I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which has come to me; and if not I will know,” and again, “Now I…” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 8
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Gen. iii. 8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden at even.” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“This is why the heathen rage and the peoples imagine vain things; why tree is set over against tree, hands against hand, the one stretched out in self indulgence, the others in generosity; the one unrestrained, the others fixed by nails, the one expelling Adam, the other reconciling the ends of the earth.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 6–23.
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Parallel passages
Genesis 3:8 and Jonah 1:3 share the same wording (12 words).
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Cited together in Against Celsus VI.64.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
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Cited together in Catechism §29.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Catechism §29.
Cited together in Bede on Mark 15:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 15:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 15:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 15:33–37 (2) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Catechism §399.
Cited together in Catechism §400.
Cited together in Catechism §397.
Cited together in Catechism §400.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.17.
Cited together in Catechism §400.
