Genesis 3

The Serpent’s Deception

1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”

1And the serpent was cunning above every beast of the field that YHWH God had made. And he said to the woman, “Is it true that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden?’”

2The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

2And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

3but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”

3and from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die.’”

4“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.

4And the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die!

5“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.”

5For God knows that in the day of your eating from it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

6And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes and the tree was desirable to make one wise. And she took from its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

7And the eyes of the two of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked, and they sewed together leaves of the fig tree and made for themselves loincloths.

God Arraigns Adam and Eve

8Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

8And they heard the voice of YHWH God walking about in the garden in the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of YHWH God in the midst of the trees of the garden.

9But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

9And YHWH God called to the man, and He said to him, “Where are you?”

10“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

10And he said, “Your voice I heard in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked, and I hid myself.”

11“Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

11And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? From the tree of which I commanded you not to eat from it, have you eaten?”

12And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

12And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

“The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

13And YHWH God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

The Fate of the Serpent

14So the LORD God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,

cursed are you above all livestock

and every beast of the field!

On your belly will you go,

and dust you will eat,

all the days of your life.

14And YHWH God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock and above every beast of the field. On your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat, all the days of your life.

15And I will put enmity between you and the woman,

and between your seed and her seed.

He will crush your head,

and you will strike his heel.”

15And enmity I will put between you and between the woman, and between your seed and between her seed. He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.

The Punishment of Mankind

16To the woman He said:

“I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth;

in pain you will bring forth children.

Your desire will be for your husband,

and he will rule over you.”

16To the woman He said, “I will surely multiply your pain and your childbearing; in pain you will bear children. And toward your husband your desire will be, and he will rule over you.”

17And to Adam He said:

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife

and have eaten from the tree

of which I commanded you not to eat,

cursed is the ground because of you;

through toil you will eat of it

all the days of your life.

17And to the man He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘you shall not eat from it,’ cursed is the ground on your account, in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life,

18Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you,

and you will eat the plants of the field.

18and thorn and thistle it will cause to grow for you, and you shall eat the vegetation of the field.

19By the sweat of your brow

you will eat your bread,

until you return to the ground—

because out of it were you taken.

For dust you are,

and to dust you shall return.”

19By the sweat of your nose you shall eat bread, until your returning to the ground, for from it you were taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

20And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

20And the man called the name of his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.

The Expulsion from Paradise

21And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.

21And YHWH God made for the man and for his wife tunics of skin, and He clothed them.

22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”

22And YHWH God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, in knowing good and evil. And now, lest he stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever:”

23Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

23And YHWH God sent him out of the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

24So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

24And He drove out the man, and He caused to dwell at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim and the flame of the sword that turns itself to guard the way to the tree of life.