1 N ow the snake was more able to fool others than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say that you should not eat from any tree in the garden?”

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 T hen the woman said to the snake, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden.

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 B ut from the tree which is in the center of the garden, God has said, ‘Do not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”

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 T he snake said to the woman, “No, you for sure will not die!

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 F or God knows that when you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and bad.”

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 T he woman saw that the tree was good for food, and pleasing to the eyes, and could fill the desire of making one wise. So she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate.

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 T hen the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were without clothes. So they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves clothing.

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 T hen they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening. The man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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 B ut the Lord God called to the man. He said to him, “Where are you?”

And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 A nd the man said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden. I was afraid because I was without clothes. So I hid myself.”

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 T he Lord God said, “Who told you that you were without clothes? Have you eaten from the tree of which I told you not to eat?”

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 T he man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 T hen the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The snake fooled me, and I ate.”

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 T hen the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you have done this, you will be hated and will suffer more than all cattle, and more than every animal of the field. You will go on your stomach and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

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 A nd I will make you and the woman hate each other, and your seed and her seed will hate each other. He will crush your head, and you will crush his heel.”

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 T o the woman He said, “I will make your pain much worse in giving birth. You will give birth to children in pain. Yet your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

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 T hen He said to Adam, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I told you, “Do not eat from it,” the ground is cursed because of you. By hard work you will eat food from it all the days of your life.

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 I t will grow thorns and thistles for you. You will eat the plants of the field.

thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 Y ou will eat bread by the sweat of your face because of hard work, until you return to the ground, because you were taken from the ground. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

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 T he man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21 A nd the Lord God made clothes of skins for Adam and his wife, and dressed them.

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 T hen the Lord God said, “See, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and bad. Now then, he might put out his hand to take from the tree of life also, and eat and live forever.”

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 S o the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to work the ground from which he was taken.

therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 S o He drove the man out. And He placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden with a sword of fire that turned every way. They kept watch over the path to the tree of life.

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.