God called to the Man: “Where are you?”

10 He said, “I heard you in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked. And I hid.”

11 God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from that tree I told you not to eat from?”

12 The Man said, “The Woman you gave me as a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree, and, yes, I ate it.”

God said to the Woman, “What is this that you’ve done?”

13 “The serpent seduced me,” she said, “and I ate.”

14-15     God told the serpent:
“Because you’ve done this, you’re cursed,
    cursed beyond all cattle and wild animals,
Cursed to slink on your belly
    and eat dirt all your life.
I’m declaring war between you and the Woman,
    between your offspring and hers.
He’ll wound your head,
    you’ll wound his heel.”

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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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Footnotes

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

20 The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.

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

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Footnotes

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