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But the Lord God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden; I was afraid and hid from you, because I was naked.”

11 “Who told you that you were naked?” God asked. “Did you eat the fruit that I told you not to eat?”

12 The man answered, “The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”

13 (A)The Lord God asked the woman, “Why did you do this?”

She replied, “The snake tricked me into eating it.”

God Pronounces Judgment

14 Then the Lord God said to the snake, “You will be punished for this; you alone of all the animals must bear this curse: From now on you will crawl on your belly, and you will have to eat dust as long as you live. 15 (B)I will make you and the woman hate each other; her offspring and yours will always be enemies. Her offspring will crush your head, and you will bite her offspring's[a] heel.”

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  1. Genesis 3:15 her offspring's; or their.

But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”(A)

10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid(B) because I was naked;(C) so I hid.”

11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked?(D) Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?(E)

12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me(F)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me,(G) and I ate.”

14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,

“Cursed(H) are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust(I)
    all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a](J) and hers;(K)
he will crush[b] your head,(L)
    and you will strike his heel.”

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  1. Genesis 3:15 Or seed
  2. Genesis 3:15 Or strike

20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b] because she was the mother of all human beings.

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  1. Genesis 3:20 This name in Hebrew means “all human beings.”
  2. Genesis 3:20 This name sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “living,” which is rendered in this context as “human beings.”

20 Adam[a] named his wife Eve,[b](A) because she would become the mother of all the living.

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  1. Genesis 3:20 Or The man
  2. Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.