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 cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You 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 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 has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

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

Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will 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 knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like 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.

So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave 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.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

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 sound 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 among the trees of the garden.

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

Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

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.”

So he said, “I heard Your 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 you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should 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.”

Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be 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 the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” 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.

So the Lord God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your 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 you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall 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.”

To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.”

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.

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life.

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

Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall 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 your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall 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.

Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics 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.”

Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—

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 out of 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.

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.