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Now the
serpent was more subtil than any beast of the
field which the Lord God had made. And he said
unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not
eat of every tree of the garden?
02 And the woman said unto the serpent, We
may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
03 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.
04 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye
shall not surely die:
05 For God doth know that in the day ye eat
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye
shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
06 And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and
gave also unto her husband with her; and he did
eat.
07 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.
08 And they heard the voice of the Lord God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the
garden.
09 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and
said unto him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the
garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself.
11 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?
12 And the man said, The woman whom thou
gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,
and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said unto the woman,
What is this that thou hast done? And the woman
said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent,
Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed
above all cattle, and above every beast of the
field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust
shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his
heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly
multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow
thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire
shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee.
17 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 sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring
forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the
field;
19 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.
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve;
because she was the mother of all living.
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the
Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 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:
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth
from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from
whence he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed
at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and
a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep
the way of the tree of life.
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