Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.(A) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Sin’s Consequences

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze,[a] and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.(B) So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 And he said, “I heard You[b] in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:8 Lit at the wind of the day
  2. Genesis 3:10 Lit the sound of You

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