[1] Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which
Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, `You shall
not eat of any tree of the garden?`" [2] The woman said to the serpent, "Of
the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat, [3] but of the fruit of
the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, `You shall not
eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.`" [4] The serpent said
to the woman, "You won`t surely die, [5] for God knows that in the day you
eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as God, knowing good and
evil." [6] When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it
was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her
husband with her, and he ate. [7] Both of their eyes were opened, and they
knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made
themselves aprons. [8] They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the
garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from
the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. [9] Yahweh God
called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" [10] The man said, "I
heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and
I hid myself." [11] God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you
eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" [12] The man
said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and
I ate." [13] Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?"
The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." [14] Yahweh God said
to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all
cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go,
and you shall eat dust all the days of your life. [15] I will put enmity
between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He
will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel." [16] To the woman he
said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will
bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will
rule over you." [17] To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your
wife`s voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying,
`You shall not eat of it,` cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you
will eat of it all the days of your life. [18] Thorns also and thistles
will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field. [19] By
the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground,
for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall
return." [20] The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of
all living. [21] Yahweh God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife,
and clothed them. [22] Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like
one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also
take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..." [23] Therefore
Yahweh 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 Cherubs at
the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every
way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
