| 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: |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
