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? And the woman said unto the
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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. And the serpent said unto the
woman, Ye shall not surely die: 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.
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. 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.
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. And the LORD God called unto Adam,
and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy
voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself. 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? And the man said, The woman whom
thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did
eat. 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.
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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