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And he said unto the woman: ‘Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And the woman said unto the serpent: ‘Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And the serpent said unto the woman: ‘Ye shall not surely die; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: ‘Where art thou?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And he said: ‘I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>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?’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the man said: ‘The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the LORD God said unto the woman: ‘What is this thou hast done?’ And the woman said: ‘The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And the LORD God said unto the serpent: ‘Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.’ <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Unto the woman He said: ‘I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.’ <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>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 toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the man called his wife’s name <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Eve; because she was the mother of all living. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} Heb. 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