Genesis 3:11 Commentary
THOMAS SCOTT COMMENTARY
Verses 10-11. Adam did not say, ‘I saw thy glory,’ but “I heard thy voice;” which implies, that he saw nothing to affright him, but merely that conscious guilt appalled him, on hearing the accustomed tokens of God’s special presence. Without any humiliation before his offended Lord, or confession of sin, or supplication for mercy, he evasively attempted to account for his flight and concealment. But the true cause was at once detected. It arose from conscious guilty, for he dared to transgress the righteous command of the Most High. Thus “every mouth shall be stopped,” and every excuse silenced, when God shall arise to judgment.—“Who told thee that thou wast naked?” Whence could arise this idea? IT had before no existence.
THOMAS HAWEIS COMMENTARY
Verse 11: The confession of shame was the proof of guilt. God knew, but he means to bring them down into the dust of self-abasement; therefore he puts this alarming question, that they might remember the aggravations of their transgressions, and turn self-accusers.
Note, 1. Confession of sin is required, not for God’s information, but for our humiliation.
2. When a man comes to the sight of his guilt, he will find abundant aggravations he never though of till then: the rebellion, the ingratitude, the willfulness of his conduct, will make sin appear to him exceeding sinful.
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