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O pecado do homem e da mulher

A serpente era o mais astuto de todos os animais selvagens que o Senhor Deus havia criado. Certa vez, ela perguntou à mulher: “Deus realmente disse que vocês não devem comer do fruto de nenhuma das árvores do jardim?”.

“Podemos comer do fruto das árvores do jardim”, respondeu a mulher. “É só do fruto da árvore que está no meio do jardim que não podemos comer. Deus disse: ‘Não comam e nem sequer toquem no fruto daquela árvore; se o fizerem, morrerão’.”

“É claro que vocês não morrerão!”, a serpente respondeu à mulher. “Deus sabe que, no momento em que comerem do fruto, seus olhos se abrirão e, como Deus, conhecerão o bem e o mal.”

A mulher viu que a árvore era linda e que seu fruto parecia delicioso, e desejou a sabedoria que ele lhe daria. Assim, tomou do fruto e o comeu. Depois, deu ao marido, que estava com ela, e ele também comeu. Naquele momento, seus olhos se abriram, e eles perceberam que estavam nus. Por isso, costuraram folhas de figueira umas às outras para se cobrirem.

Quando soprava a brisa do entardecer, o homem[a] e sua mulher ouviram o Senhor Deus caminhando pelo jardim e se esconderam dele entre as árvores. Então o Senhor Deus chamou o homem e perguntou: “Onde você está?”.

10 Ele respondeu: “Ouvi que estavas andando pelo jardim e me escondi. Tive medo, pois eu estava nu”.

11 “Quem lhe disse que você estava nu?”, perguntou Deus. “Você comeu do fruto da árvore que eu lhe ordenei que não comesse?”

12 O homem respondeu: “Foi a mulher que me deste! Ela me ofereceu do fruto, e eu comi”.

13 Então o Senhor Deus perguntou à mulher: “O que foi que você fez?”.

“A serpente me enganou”, respondeu a mulher. “Foi por isso que comi do fruto.”

14 Então o Senhor Deus disse à serpente:

“Uma vez que fez isso, maldita é você
entre todos os animais, domésticos e selvagens.
Você se arrastará sobre o próprio ventre,
rastejará no pó enquanto viver.
15 Farei que haja inimizade entre você e a mulher,
e entre a sua descendência e o descendente dela.
Ele lhe ferirá[b] a cabeça,
e você lhe ferirá o calcanhar”.

16 À mulher ele disse:

“Farei mais intensas as dores de sua gravidez,
e com dor você dará à luz.
Seu desejo será para seu marido,
e ele a dominará”.[c]

17 E ao homem ele disse:

“Uma vez que você deu ouvidos à sua mulher
e comeu da árvore cujo fruto ordenei que não comesse,
maldita é a terra por sua causa;
por toda a vida, terá muito trabalho para tirar da terra seu sustento.
18 Ela produzirá espinhos e ervas daninhas,
mas você comerá de seus frutos e grãos.
19 Com o suor do rosto você obterá alimento,
até que volte à terra da qual foi formado.
Pois você foi feito do pó,
e ao pó voltará”.

Paraíso perdido

20 O homem, Adão, deu à sua mulher o nome de Eva,[d] pois ela seria a mãe de toda a humanidade. 21 E o Senhor Deus fez roupas de peles de animais para Adão e sua mulher.

22 Então o Senhor Deus disse: “Vejam, agora os seres humanos[e] se tornaram semelhantes a nós, pois conhecem o bem e o mal. Se eles tomarem do fruto da árvore da vida e dele comerem, viverão para sempre”. 23 Para impedir que isso acontecesse, o Senhor Deus os expulsou do jardim do Éden, e Adão passou a cultivar a terra da qual tinha sido formado. 24 Depois de expulsá-los, colocou querubins a leste do jardim do Éden e uma espada flamejante que se movia de um lado para o outro, a fim de guardar o caminho até a árvore da vida.

Footnotes

  1. 3.8 Ou Adão; também no restante do capítulo.
  2. 3.15 Ou pisará; também em 3.15b.
  3. 3.16 Ou Desejará controlar seu marido, mas ele a dominará.
  4. 3.20 O som do nome Eva é semelhante ao de um termo hebraico que significa “dar vida”.
  5. 3.22 Ou o homem; o hebraico traz ha-adam.

Now the serpent was more cunning than any wild animal which the LORD God had made; and he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

And the woman said to the serpent, “We 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 has said, ‘You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

Then the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not die at all.

“But, God knows that when you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened; and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”6 So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired, to get knowledge) took of the fruit thereof and ate; and also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

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 coverings.

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.

But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 Who said, “I heard Your voice in the garden and was afraid, because I was naked. Therefore, I hid myself.”

11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree whereof I commanded you that you should not eat?”

12 Then the man said, “The woman, which You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

13 And the LORD God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And the woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”

14 Then the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every wild animal. Upon your belly you shall go; and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

15 “I will also put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall break your head and you shall bruise His heel.”

16 To the woman, He said, “I will greatly increase your sorrows and your conceptions. In sorrow you shall bring forth children. And your desire shall be subject to your husband. And he shall rule over you.”

17 Also, He said to Adam, “Because you have obeyed the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree (whereof I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’), the earth is cursed for your sake. In sorrow you shall eat from it, all the days of your life.

18 “Also, it shall bring forth thorns and thistles to you. And you shall eat the herb of the field.

19 “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, until you return to the earth. For out of it you were taken because you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

20 And the man called his wife’s name “Eve”, because she was the mother of all living.

21 Also, to Adam and to his wife, the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become as one of us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he also put forth his hand and take and eat of the Tree of Life, and live forever…”

23 Therefore, the LORD God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the earth from where he was taken.

24 Thus, He cast out the man; and at the east side of the Garden of Eden, He set the Cherubims, and the blade of a shaken sword, to keep the way of the Tree of Life.

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?

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.