The Fall of Mankind

Now (A)the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?”

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The Fall

Now the serpent(A) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?(B)

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The woman said to the serpent, “(A)From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

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The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,(A)

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(A)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 desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.

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When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(A) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(B) who was with her, and he ate it.(C)

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14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but (A)the woman was [a]deceived and [b]became a wrongdoer.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 2:14 Or thoroughly deceived
  2. 1 Timothy 2:14 Lit has become

14 And Adam was not the one deceived; it was the woman who was deceived and became a sinner.(A)

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