Why do some translations render Genesis 3:8 with "the voice of the Lord" while others don't? Is it a reference to Jesus?

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I believe it to be scripturally sound to ascribe the "Voice" of the Lord as Yahshua walking in the garden! For one Yeshua states that he was in the behind with God she all things were created. Not only this but that all things were created through him Colossians 1:16. Hebrews one declares that Yahshua is the exact, expression and divine glory of the Father! And as other posters have ststed no man has seen God (The Father) at any time save he who has come down from God (The Father). That is the one who is in the bossism of the Father. It also seems fitting for scripture as it states; Yahshua said, "I beheld Satan falling from heaven like lightning!" Satan has fallen before the creation or placement of man, or how could he be in the Garden of Eden possessing the snake! Remember also the Yahshua said; search the scriptures for in them ye think that you have eternal life, but they are that which testify of me! So then all scripture points to Jesus Christ he is the center the focus of all scripture. An exemplary statement in St.John1:1-3 &1:14 is that Jesus is the Word which is with God and was God. That is Jesus existed in the form of God before his incarnation Phillipians 2:6-10. So then we know that the person of Christ is not created but eternally existent. Some may argue that this is metaphorical or poetic soeach, but from a Christeological standing we can see that Yahshua is God's divine Word.

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There is one commentary that I am familiar which does in fact purport that is a reference to the preincarnate Jesus; that is the commentary on the whole Bible by David Guzik. I will inset it here that you do not have to look it up.

And they heard the sound 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 among the trees of the garden. Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, "Where are you?"

a. They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: Adam and Eve knew that when they heard the Lord coming, He would want to be with them. This was how the Lord had fellowship with Adam and Eve, in a very natural, close, intimate way.

i. Leupold on walking in the garden in the cool of the day: "The almost casual way in which this is remarked indicates that this did not occur for the first time just then . . . There is extreme likelihood that the Almighty assumed some form analogous to the human form which was made in His image."

ii. We can assume this is God, in the Person of Jesus Christ, appearing to Adam and Eve before His incarnation and birth at Bethlehem, because of God the Father it is said, "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him" (Joh. 1:18), and no man has ever seen God in the Person of the Father. (1Ti. 6:16)

One of the niceties of Guzik is that he backs up his assertions with Scripture. That of course does not mean that those assertions are true unless you ascribe to the concept that Scripture is the inerrant word of God. Which would necessitate that all Scripture even remotely associated with this assertion be studied in depth, and even then many would not draw the same conclusion.

Hope this helps.

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