◄ Genesis 3:2 ►
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Good News Translation
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden," the woman answered,

New Revised Standard Version
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;

Contemporary English Version
The woman answered, "God said we could eat fruit from any tree in the garden,

New American Bible
The woman answered the snake: “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:

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Psalm 58:4 Their madness is according to the likeness of a serpent: like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ears:

Context
The Serpent's Deception
1Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise? 2And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:3But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.…
Cross References
Genesis 2:16
And he commanded him, saying: Of every tree of paradise thou shalt eat:

Genesis 2:17
But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.

Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

Genesis 3:1
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