Chapter 3
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made . He said to the woman, " Has God really said, ‘ You shall not eat of any tree of the garden ’?"
2 The woman said to the serpent , "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden ,
3 but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden . God has said, ‘ You shall not eat of it . You shall not touch it , lest you die .’"
4 The serpent said to the woman, " You won’t really die ,
5 for God knows that in the day you eat it , your eyes will be opened , and you will be like God, knowing good and evil ."
6 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 some of its fruit , and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her , and he ate it , too .
7 Their eyes were opened , and they both knew that they were naked . They sewed fig leaves together , and made coverings for themselves .
8 They heard the LORD God ’s voice 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 amongst the trees of the garden .
9 The LORD God called to the man, and said to him , "Where are you ?"
10 The man said , " I heard your voice in the garden , and I was afraid , because I was naked ; so I hid myself ."
11 God said, " Who told you that you were naked ? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from ?"
12 The man said, " The woman whom you gave to be with me , she gave me fruit from the tree , and I ate it ."
13 The LORD God said to the woman, " What have you done ?" The woman said, " The serpent deceived me , and I ate."
14 The LORD God said to the serpent , " Because you have done this , you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field . You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life .
15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring . He will bruise your head , and you will bruise his heel ."
16 To the woman he said, " I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth . You will bear children in pain . Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you ."
17 To Adam he said , " Because you have listened to your wife ’s voice , and have eaten from the tree , about which I commanded you , saying , ‘ You shall not eat of it ,’ the ground is cursed for your sake . You will eat from it with much labour all the days of your life .
18 It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field .
19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground , for you were taken out of it . For you are dust , and you shall return to dust ."
20 The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living .
21 The LORD God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them .
22 The LORD God said, " Behold , the man has become like one of us , knowing good and evil . Now , lest he reach out his hand , and also take of the tree of life , and eat, and live forever —"
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden , to till the ground from which he was taken .
24 So he drove out the man ; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden , and a flaming sword which turned every way , to guard the way to the tree of life .