When Adam hides from God, why does God ask him "where art thou?". Isn't he supposed...

**Yo que tÃº** · 12-08-2009, 10:56 PM

...to know?
And then God askes Adama another question, and then another, and then he asks Eve another question. The answers eventually lead him to the serpent. So it seems likes He's trying to figure out the ultimate culprit. In that case they are clearly not rhetorical questions.
And then God askes Adam another question, and then another, and then he asks Eve another question. The answers eventually lead him to the serpent. So it seems likes He's trying to figure out the ultimate culprit. In that case they are clearly not rhetorical questions.

**dreamprotector 09** · 12-08-2009, 10:57 PM

The question is rhetorical and could have been taken to mean, "Where is your head, Adam? What's the matter with you.?" Have you lost your mind?"
I don't mean this humorously.

**imacatholic2** · 12-08-2009, 10:58 PM

Good question!! i think that God knew it.

**hasse_john** · 12-08-2009, 10:58 PM

YHVH does know. However He does not force us to do things His way, but waits for our self-realization.

**Bluebootz** · 12-08-2009, 10:58 PM

They don't call, they don't e-mail, and they rarely write....God and Adam, lost track of each other for a time or two there.

Nothing to be concerned about....They both know.
All is well with All-that-is.

**Ambassador From Hell** · 12-08-2009, 10:59 PM

Why did your mother ever ask you if you were sleeping? If you were would you say you were?

**Simpleman** · 12-08-2009, 10:59 PM

Of course God knew where Adam and his wife Eve were. Adam may not have understood that God saw everything he did. Sometimes we fool ourselves in the same way, thinking that God doesn't see what we are doing.

**Amalthea** · 12-08-2009, 10:59 PM

Ever heard of a rhetorical question?

**Kar~n-Joy~c** · 12-08-2009, 10:59 PM

Well of course, God knew. But most of all God wanted Adam to come out of hiding! The heart that hides... is in a saddened state somehow...Haven't you ever tried to touch a heart that is hiding, and felt the grief therein? I have, and in my walk towards this kind of heart, I have called ... hoping only to hear the response ... of a willingness to come out of hiding. Blessings...

Lovingly
She Dances With Love
Kar~ n~ Joy~c

**Vestigiality** · 12-08-2009, 10:59 PM

He did know.
Ever heard of a rhetorical question? God was giving Adam a false sense of security, but also showing that Adam couldn't hide from him. God wanted Adam to reveal himself, which he did, instead of suddenly appearing to him.