Jehovah/Lord not God

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Simon Ewins

> #7 Genesis 3:9

>    "And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto

>     him, Where art thou?"


BRIDEAN
One explanation I heard for this is that God was reminding Adam and Eve that
they are now lost by sinning by asking them "Where are you?".  Sort of like
warning
someone of possible harm if they do something, they do it anyway, then you
say,
"What are you going to do now?".

KORNFORM
This is false because the query, "Where are you" follows the statement that
Adam and Eve hid in the garden and is followed by the explanation "I hid."

Gen 3:8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God as he was
walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the LORD God
among the trees of the garden. 
3:9 But the LORD God called to the man, "Where are you?" 
3:10 He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was
naked; so I hid." (NIV)

Therefore the query is a straightforward interrogative desiring the location
of the pair who hid. God is therefore not omniscient.

On the other hand, if God knew where they were but pretended he didn't, then
he was deceptive.

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