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Chapter 3 |
| 1 | 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? |
| 2 | And the woman said unto the serpent, We may
eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: |
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3 | 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. |
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4 | And the serpent said unto
the woman, Ye shall not surely die: |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | 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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8 | 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. |
| 9 |
And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where
art thou? |
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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? |
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12 | And the man said, The
woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did
eat. |
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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:
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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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; |
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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.
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| 21 | Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and
clothed them. |
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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. |
