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?”

And the serpent was more crafty than any animal of the field which Jehovah Elohim had made. And it said to the woman, Is it even so, that God has 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 to 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 that is in the midst of the garden, God has said, Ye shall not eat of it, and ye shall not touch it, lest ye die.

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

And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly 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.”

but God knows that in the day ye eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and ye will be as God, 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 the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

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 Jehovah Elohim, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And Man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah Elohim, in the midst of the trees of the garden.

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

And Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to 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 feared, because I am 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 art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to 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 Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

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 Jehovah Elohim said to the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.

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 Jehovah Elohim said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, be thou cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field. On thy belly shalt thou go, and eat dust 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; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush 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.”

To the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children; and to thy husband shall be thy desire, 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 to Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed be the ground on thy account; with toil shalt thou eat 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.

and thorns and thistles shall it yield 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, until thou return to 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 Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

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

And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, 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 Jehovah Elohim said, Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out 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 Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which 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.

And he drove out Man; and he set the Cherubim, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Eden, to guard the way to the tree of life.