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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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The Fall

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in 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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The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

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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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but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ”

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

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“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.

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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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“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

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

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

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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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Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

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

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But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”

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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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He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.”

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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 he said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

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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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The man said, “The woman you put here with me — she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

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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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Then 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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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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So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust
all the days of your life.

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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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And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspringa and hers;
he will crushb your head,
and you will strike his heel.”

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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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To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”

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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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To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’
“Cursed is the ground because of you;
through painful toil you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.

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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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It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.

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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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By the sweat of your brow
you will eat your food
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”

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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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Adamc named his wife Eve,d because she would become the mother of all the living.

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

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The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

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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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And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever.”

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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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So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.

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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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After he drove the man out, he placed on the east sidee of the Garden of Eden cherubim and a flaming sword flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.

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