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| 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’?” | 1The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” |
| 2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, | 2“Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. |
| 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.’” | 3“It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’” |
| 4But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. | 4“You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. |
| 5For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” | 5“God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” |
| 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. | 6The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. |
| 7Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths. | 7At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. |
| 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. | 8When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees. |
| 9But the LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” | 9Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” |
| 10And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” | 10He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” |
| 11He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” | 11“Who told you that you were naked?” the LORD God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?” |
| 12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” | 12The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.” |
| 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.” | 13Then the LORD God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.” |
| 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. | 14Then the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live. |
| 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.” | 15And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” |
| 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.” | 16Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you. ” |
| 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; | 17And to the man he said, “Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. |
| 18thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. | 18It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. |
| 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.” | 19By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.” Paradise Lost: God’s Judgment |
| 20The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. | 20Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live. |
| 21And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them. | 21And the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife. |
| 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—” | 22Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” |
| 23therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. | 23So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. |
| 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. | 24After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. |
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