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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Genesis 3</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/genesis/3.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//genesis/3-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/genesis/">Genesis</a> > Genesis 3</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/2.htm" title="Genesis 2">◄</a> Genesis 3 <a href="../genesis/4.htm" title="Genesis 4">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/genesis/3.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/genesis/3.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/genesis/3.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/genesis/3.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/genesis/3.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/genesis/3.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/genesis/3.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Serpent’s Deception<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../romans/5.htm#12">Romans 5:12–21</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now the serpent<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> 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?’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <A name="3"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>but 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.’<span class="thinq"> </span>” <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“You will not surely die,” the serpent told her. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“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.” <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When 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. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And 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. <A name="9"></a><p class="hdg">God Arraigns Adam and Eve<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?” <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” <A name="12"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“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?” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.” <A name="14"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” <p class="reg">“The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.” <A name="15"></a><p class="hdg">The Fate of the Serpent<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So the LORD God said to the serpent: <p class="indent1stline">“Because you have done this, <p class="indent2"> cursed are you above all livestock <p class="indent2"> and every beast of the field! <p class="indent1"> On your belly will you go, <p class="indent2"> and dust you will eat, <p class="indent2"> all the days of your life. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And I will put enmity between you and the woman, <p class="indent2"> and between your seed and her seed. <p class="indent1"> He will crush your head, <p class="indent2"> and you will strike his heel.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span>” <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">The Punishment of Mankind<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>To the woman He said: <p class="indent1stline">“I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; <p class="indent2"> in pain you will bring forth children. <p class="indent1"> Your desire will be for your husband,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and he will rule over you.” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And to Adam He said: <p class="indent1stline">“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife <p class="indent2"> and have eaten from the tree <p class="indent2"> of which I commanded you not to eat, <p class="indent1"> cursed is the ground because of you; <p class="indent2"> through toil you will eat of it <p class="indent2"> all the days of your life. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, <p class="indent2"> and you will eat the plants of the field. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>By the sweat of your brow <p class="indent2"> you will eat your bread, <p class="indent1"> until you return to the ground—<p class="indent2"> because out of it were you taken. <p class="indent1"> For dust you are, <p class="indent2"> and to dust you shall return.” <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And Adam named his wife Eve,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> because she would be the mother of all the living. <A name="22"></a><p class="hdg">The Expulsion from Paradise<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then 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...” <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/3-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>So 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.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>nachash</i><span class="thin"> </span>, translated in this chapter as <i>serpent</i><span class="thin"> </span>, is translated in most cases as <i>snake</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>at the breezy (time)</i><span class="thin"> </span>; Hebrew <i>unto the Ruach</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel</i><span class="thin"> </span>. The same Hebrew root for <i>crush</i><span class="thin"> </span>, <i>bruise</i><span class="thin"> </span>, or <i>strike</i><span class="thin"> </span> appears twice in this verse.<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Or <i>You will desire to control your husband</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <i>Eve</i><span class="thin"> </span> sounds like the Hebrew for <i>giving life</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>living</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. All rights Reserved. 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