| Berean Study Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’ ” | 1Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” |
| 2The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, | 2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, |
| 3but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’ ” | 3but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” |
| 4“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her. | 4But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. |
| 5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” | 5For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” |
| 6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. | 6So 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 its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. |
| 7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves. | 7Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. |
| 8Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. | 8And 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. |
| 9But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?” | 9But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” |
| 10“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” | 10And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” |
| 11“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” | 11He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” |
| 12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” | 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” |
| 13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.” | 13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” |
| 14So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life. | 14The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field; on your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. |
| 15And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” | 15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel.” |
| 16To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.” | 16To the woman he said, “I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be contrary to your husband, but he shall rule over you.” |
| 17And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. | 17And to Adam he said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; |
| 18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. | 18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. |
| 19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.” | 19By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” |
| 20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living. | 20The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. |
| 21And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them. | 21And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. |
| 22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...” | 22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” |
| 23Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. | 23therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. |
| 24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life. | 24He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life. |
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