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Now the serpent
was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had
made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not
eat from any tree of the garden'?"
And the woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit
of the trees of the garden we may eat;
but from the fruit of the tree which is in the
middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch
it, lest you die.' "
And the serpent said to the woman, "You surely
shall not die!
"For God knows that in the day you eat from it
your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and
evil."
When the woman saw that the tree was good for
food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was
desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she
gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
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 loin coverings.
And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking
in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid
themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the
garden.
Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to
him, "Where are you?"
And he said, "I heard the sound of Thee in the
garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself."
And He said, "Who told you that you were naked?
Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
And the man said, "The woman whom Thou gavest to
be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate."
Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this
you have done?" And the woman said," The serpent deceived me, and I
ate. "
And the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you
have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than
every beast of the field; On your belly shall you go, And dust shall
you eat All the days of your life;
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel. "
To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth, In pain you shall bring forth children; Yet
your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you."
Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened
to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I
commanded you, saying, ' You shall not eat from it ';Cursed is the
ground because of you; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your
life.
"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field;
By the sweat of your face You shall eat bread,
Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you
are dust, And to dust you shall return. "
Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because
she was the mother of all the living.
And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam
and his wife, and clothed them.
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has
become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch
out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live
forever"--
therefore the LORD God sent him out from the
garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
So He drove the man out; and at the east of the
garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim, and the flaming sword which
turned every direction, to guard the way to the tree of life.