book of Genesis ( NKJV
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3:1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any
beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman,
"Has God indeed said, 'You shall not eat of every tree of the garden'?"
2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the
trees of the garden; 3 "but of the fruit of the tree
which [is] in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat
it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.' " 4 Then
the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. 5
"For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened,
and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6 So
when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, that it [was] pleasant
to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make [one] wise, she took of its fruit
and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that
they [were] naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves
coverings. 8 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.
9 Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, "Where [are]
you?" 10 So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden,
and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself." 11
And He said, "Who told you that you [were] naked? Have you eaten from
the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?"
12 Then the man said, "The woman whom You gave [to be] with me,
she gave me of the tree, and I ate." 13 And the LORD
God said to the woman, "What [is] this you have done?" The woman said,
"The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 14 So the LORD
God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You [are] cursed
more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly
you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between
your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise
His heel." 16 To the woman He said: "I will greatly
multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth
children; Your desire [shall be] for your husband, And he shall rule over
you." 17 Then to Adam He said, "Because you have heeded
the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded
you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it': "Cursed [is] the ground for your
sake; In toil you shall eat [of] it All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you
shall eat the herb of the field. 19 In the sweat of
your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of
it you were taken; For dust you [are,] And to dust you shall return."
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother
of all living. 21 Also for Adam and his wife the LORD
God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. 22 Then the
LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good
and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of
life, and eat, and live forever" -- 23 therefore the
LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which
he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed
cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned
every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. |