Genesis Chapter 3

Genesis Chapter 3
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than
any beast of the field, which the Lord
God had made: and he said to the
woman, Yea, hath God indeed said, Ye
shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent,
We 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 Then the serpent
said to the woman, Ye shall not die at
all,
5 But God doth know, that when ye shall
eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened,
and ye shall be as gods, knowing good
and evil.
6 So the woman (seeing that the tree was
good for meat, and that it was pleasant to
the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get
knowledge) took of the fruit thereof, and
did eat, and gave also to her husband
with her, and he did eat.
7 Then the eyes of them both were
opened, and they knew that they were
naked, and they sewed fig tree leaves
together, and made themselves breeches.
8 Afterward they heard the voice of the
Lord God walking in the garden in the
cool of the day, and the man and his wife
hid themselves from the presence of the
Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to the man,
and said unto him, Where art thou?
10 Who said, I heard thy voice in the
garden, and was afraid: because I was
naked, therefore 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 in no case?
12 Then the man said, The woman which
thou gavest to be with me, she gave me
of the tree, and I did eat.
13 And the Lord God said to the woman,
Why hast thou done this? And the woman
said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did
eat.
14 Then the Lord God said to 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 I will also
put enmity between thee and the woman,
and between thy seed and her seed. He
shall break thine head, and thou shalt
bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he
said, I will greatly increase thy sorrows,
and thy conceptions. In sorrow shalt thou
bring forth children, and thy desire shall
be subject to thine husband, and he shall
rule over thee.
17 Also to Adam he said, Because thou
hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and
hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I
commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not
eat of it) cursed is the earth 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 to the earth: for out
of it wast thou taken, because thou art
dust, and to dust shalt thou return. 20
(And the man 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 forever,
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him
forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the
earth, whence he was taken.
24 Thus he cast out man, and at the east
side of the Garden of Eden he set the
Cherubims, and the blade of a sword
shaken, to keep the way of the tree of
life.