Genesis 3
1 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 And the
woman said unto the
serpent, We may
eat of the
fruit of the
trees of the
garden: 3 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 And the
serpent said unto the
woman, Ye shall not
surely die:
5 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 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 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 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 And the
LORD God called unto
Adam, and
said unto him, Where art
thou? 10 And he
said, I
heard thy
voice in the
garden, and I was
afraid, because
I was
naked; and I hid
myself.
11 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 And the
man said, The
woman whom thou
gavest to be with
me, she gave me of the
tree, and I did
eat.
13 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 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 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 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 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 Thorns
also and
thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt
eat the
herb of the
field; 19 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 And
Adam called his
wife's name Eve; because she was the
mother of all
living. 21 Unto
Adam also and to his
wife did the
LORD God make coats of
skins, and clothed
them.
22 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 Therefore the
LORD God sent him
forth from the
garden of
Eden, to
till the
ground from whence he was
taken.
24 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.