1Now the serpent was more subtil than any
beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And
he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall
not eat of every tree of the garden?
2And the woman said unto the serpent, We may
eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
3But 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.
4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die:
5For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye
shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6And when the woman saw that the tree was good
for food, and that it was pleasant
to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave
also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
7And the eyes of them both were opened, and
they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together, and made
themselves aprons.
8And they heard the voice 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 amongst the trees of the garden.
9And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said
unto him, Where art thou?
10And he said, I heard thy voice in the
garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself.
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked?
Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded
thee that thou shouldest not eat?
12And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest to
be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did
eat.
13And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled
me, and I did eat.
14And the LORD God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed
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:
15And I will put enmity between thee and the
woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall
bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow
thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall
be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17And 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 sorrow shalt thou eat of it
all the days of thy life;
18Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the
field;
19In 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.
20And Adam called his wife's name Eve;
because she was the mother of all living.
21Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD
God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22And the LORD 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:
23Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from
the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence
he was taken.
24So he drove out the man; and he placed at
the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a
flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the
way of the tree of life.
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