Genesis 3:11 Commentary: Rashi, Rashbam, Sforno & Or HaChaim

וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מִ֚י הִגִּ֣יד לְךָ֔ כִּ֥י עֵירֹ֖ם אָ֑תָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵ֗ץ אֲשֶׁ֧ר צִוִּיתִ֛יךָ לְבִלְתִּ֥י אֲכָל־מִמֶּ֖נּוּ אָכָֽלְתָּ׃

And He said: ‘Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?’

Rashi on Genesis

מי הגיד לך WHO TOLD THEE? — Whence has the knowledge come to you what shame there is in standing naked?
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Rashbam on Genesis

המן העץ the prefix ה in the word המן introduces a question which keeps troubling the questioner. (Compare Arugat habossem, Auerbach edition page 36)
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Sforno on Genesis

מי הגיד לך, who revealed to you the difference between good and evil?
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Haamek Davar on Genesis

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