“1 Now 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? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat
of 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 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 gods, knowing good and evil.”
“6 And 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. 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 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.”
“9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, 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 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.”
“14 And 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:
15 And 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.”
“16 Unto 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.”
“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 sorrow 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 Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of
all living.”
“21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of
skins, and clothed them.”
“22 And 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: 23 Therefore the LORD 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
Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the
tree of life.” (Ge 3:1-24 AV)
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