| 1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which
Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye
shall not eat of any tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the
serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: 3 but of the
fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye
shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the
serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 for God doth know
that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall
be as God, knowing good and evil. 6 And 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 to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did
eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. 7 And
the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and
they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons. 8 And they
heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day:
and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God
amongst the trees of the garden.
9 And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because
I was naked; and I hid myself. 11 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? 12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be
with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And Jehovah God said
unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent
beguiled me, and I did eat. 14 And Jehovah God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above
every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou
eat all the days of thy life: 15 and I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and
thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth
children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee. 17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice
of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying,
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt
thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 thorns also and thistles shall
it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 in
the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground;
for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return. 20 And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the
mother of all living. 21 And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife
coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know
good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree
of life, and eat, and live for ever- 23 therefore Jehovah God sent him
forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of
Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep
the way of the tree of life.
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