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The Serpent's Deception

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?

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The Temptation and Fall of Man

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’?”

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And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

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And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;

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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.

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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.’ ”

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And the serpent said to the woman, Ye will not certainly die;

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Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.

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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.

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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.”

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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.

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So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [a]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.

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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.

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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 [b]coverings.

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God Arraigns Adam and Eve

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.

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And they heard the [c]sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the [d]cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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And Jehovah Elohim called to Man, and said to him, Where art thou?

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

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

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

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And he said, Who told thee that thou art naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee not to eat?

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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?”

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And Man said, The woman, whom thou hast given [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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The Punishment of Mankind

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.

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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 [e]for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.”

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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 [of] it all the days of thy life;

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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.

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and thorns and thistles shall it yield thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

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Both thorns and thistles it shall [f]bring forth for you,
And you shall eat the herb of the field.

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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.

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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.”

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And Man called his wife's name Eve; because she is the mother of all living.

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And Adam called his wife’s name Eve,[g] because she was the mother of all living.

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The Expulsion from Paradise

And Jehovah Elohim made Adam and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.

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Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

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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 ...!

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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” —

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Therefore Jehovah Elohim sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

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therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.

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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.

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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.

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