Genesi 3
Nuova Riveduta 2006
Il peccato di Adamo e la prima promessa
3 (A)Il serpente era il più astuto di tutti gli animali dei campi che Dio il Signore aveva fatti. Esso disse alla donna: «Come! Dio vi ha detto di non mangiare da nessun albero del giardino?» 2 La donna rispose al serpente: «Del frutto degli alberi del giardino ne possiamo mangiare; 3 ma del frutto dell’albero che è in mezzo al giardino Dio ha detto: “Non ne mangiate e non lo toccate, altrimenti morirete”». 4 Il serpente disse alla donna: «No, non morirete affatto; 5 ma Dio sa che nel giorno che ne mangerete, i vostri occhi si apriranno e sarete come Dio[a], avendo la conoscenza del bene e del male».
6 La donna osservò che l’albero era buono per nutrirsi, che era bello da vedere e che l’albero era desiderabile per acquistare conoscenza; prese del frutto, ne mangiò e ne diede anche a suo marito, che era con lei, ed egli ne mangiò.
7 (B)Allora si aprirono gli occhi ad entrambi e si accorsero che erano nudi; unirono delle foglie di fico e se ne fecero delle cinture. 8 Poi udirono la voce[b] di Dio il Signore, il quale camminava nel giardino sul far della sera; e l’uomo e sua moglie si nascosero dalla presenza di Dio il Signore fra gli alberi del giardino.
9 Dio il Signore chiamò l’uomo e gli disse: «Dove sei?» 10 Egli rispose: «Ho udito la tua voce nel giardino e ho avuto paura, perché ero nudo, e mi sono nascosto». 11 Dio disse: «Chi ti ha mostrato che eri nudo? Hai forse mangiato del frutto dell’albero che ti avevo comandato di non mangiare?» 12 L’uomo rispose: «La donna che tu mi hai messa accanto, è lei che mi ha dato del frutto[c] dell’albero, e io ne ho mangiato». 13 Dio il Signore disse alla donna: «Perché hai fatto questo?» La donna rispose: «Il serpente mi ha ingannata e io ne ho mangiato».
14 Allora Dio il Signore disse al serpente: «Poiché hai fatto questo, sarai il maledetto fra tutto il bestiame e fra tutte le bestie selvatiche! Tu camminerai sul tuo ventre e mangerai polvere tutti i giorni della tua vita. 15 Io porrò inimicizia fra te e la donna, e fra la tua progenie e la progenie di lei; questa progenie ti schiaccerà il capo e tu le ferirai il calcagno». 16 Alla donna disse: «Io moltiplicherò grandemente le tue pene e i dolori della tua gravidanza; con dolore partorirai figli; i tuoi desideri si volgeranno verso tuo marito ed egli dominerà su di te». 17 Ad Adamo disse: «Poiché hai dato ascolto alla voce di tua moglie e hai mangiato del frutto[d] dall’albero circa il quale io ti avevo ordinato di non mangiarne, il suolo sarà maledetto per causa tua; ne mangerai il frutto con affanno tutti i giorni della tua vita. 18 Esso ti produrrà spine e rovi, e tu mangerai l’erba dei campi; 19 mangerai il pane con il sudore del tuo volto, finché tu ritorni nella terra da cui fosti tratto; perché sei polvere e in polvere ritornerai».
20 L’uomo chiamò sua moglie Eva[e], perché è stata la madre di tutti i viventi. 21 Dio il Signore fece ad Adamo e a sua moglie delle tuniche di pelle, e li vestì.
22 Poi Dio il Signore disse: «Ecco, l’uomo è diventato come uno di noi, quanto alla conoscenza del bene e del male. Guardiamo che egli non stenda la mano e prenda anche del frutto dell’albero della vita, ne mangi e viva per sempre». 23 Perciò Dio il Signore mandò via l’uomo dal giardino di Eden, perché lavorasse la terra da cui era stato tratto. 24 Così egli scacciò l’uomo e pose a oriente del giardino di Eden i cherubini, che vibravano da ogni parte una spada fiammeggiante, per custodire la via dell’albero della vita.
Footnotes
- Genesi 3:5 Come Dio, altri traducono: come dèi.
- Genesi 3:8 La voce, altri intendono rumore (dei passi) o fruscio del Signore che cammina in mezzo alla vegetazione.
- Genesi 3:12 Frutto, questa parola manca nel testo ebraico.
- Genesi 3:17 Frutto, questa parola manca nel testo ebraico.
- Genesi 3:20 Eva, ebr. Chawwah, lett. vita.
Genesis 3
Lexham English Bible
The Fall
3 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other wild animal[a] which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God indeed say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat, 3 but from the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die’.” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not surely die. 5 For God knows that on the day you both eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you both shall be like gods,[b] knowing good and evil.” 6 When[c] the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, then[d] she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave it also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then[e] the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and they made for themselves coverings.
8 Then[f] they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden at the windy time of day.[g] And the man[h] and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. 9 And Yahweh God called to the man[i] and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he replied,[j] “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked, so I hid myself.” 11 Then he[k] asked,[l] “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I forbade you to eat?”[m] 12 And the man[n] replied,[o] “The woman whom you gave to be with me—she gave to me from the tree and I ate.” 13 Then[p] Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 Then[q] Yahweh God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
you will be cursed
more than any domesticated animal
and more than any wild animal.[r]
On your belly you shall go
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put hostility
between you and between the woman,
and between your offspring[s] and between her offspring;[t]
he will strike you on the head,
and you will strike him on the heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will greatly increase
your pain in childbearing;[u]
in pain you shall bear children.
And to your husband shall be your desire.
And he shall rule over you.”
17 And to Adam[v] he said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree from which I forbade you to eat,[w]
the ground shall be cursed on your account.
In pain you shall eat from it
all the days of your life.
18 And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you,
and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow[x]
you shall eat bread,
until your return to the ground.
For from it you were taken;
for you are dust,
and to dust you shall return.”
20 And the man[y] named[z] his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life. 21 And Yahweh God made for Adam[aa] and for his wife garments of skin, and he clothed them.
22 And Yahweh God said, “Look—the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. What if[ab] he stretches out his hand and takes also from the tree of life and eats, and lives forever?” 23 And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So[ac] he drove the man out, and placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming, turning sword[ad] to guard the way to the tree of life.
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:1 Literally “animal of the field”
- Genesis 3:5 The plural is in the context of v. 22 “one of us” and the plural suffix pronouns [[“you all”]] throughout the verse
- Genesis 3:6 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:6 Or “and”
- Genesis 3:7 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:8 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:8 Literally “at the wind of the day”
- Genesis 3:8 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:9 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:10 Literally “And he said”; “replied” distinguishes Adam as the speaker
- Genesis 3:11 That is, Yahweh God
- Genesis 3:11 Or “said”
- Genesis 3:11 Literally “the tree which I commanded to not eat from it”
- Genesis 3:12 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:12 Or “said”
- Genesis 3:13 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:14 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:14 Literally “animal of the earth/land”
- Genesis 3:15 Literally “seed”
- Genesis 3:15 Literally “seed”
- Genesis 3:16 Literally “your pain and your childbearing”
- Genesis 3:17 The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
- Genesis 3:17 Literally “from the tree which I commanded saying not to eat from it”
- Genesis 3:19 Literally “your face”
- Genesis 3:20 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:20 Literally “called the name”
- Genesis 3:21 The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
- Genesis 3:22 Literally “And now lest”
- Genesis 3:24 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:24 Literally “a flame of the sword which was turning”
Genesis 3
The Message
3 The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: “Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?”
2-3 The Woman said to the serpent, “Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden. It’s only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, ‘Don’t eat from it; don’t even touch it or you’ll die.’”
4-5 The serpent told the Woman, “You won’t die. God knows that the moment you eat from that tree, you’ll see what’s really going on. You’ll be just like God, knowing everything, ranging all the way from good to evil.”
6 When the Woman saw that the tree looked like good eating and realized what she would get out of it—she’d know everything!—she took and ate the fruit and then gave some to her husband, and he ate.
7 Immediately the two of them did “see what’s really going on”—saw themselves naked! They sewed fig leaves together as makeshift clothes for themselves.
8 When they heard the sound of God strolling in the garden in the evening breeze, the Man and his Wife hid in the trees of the garden, hid from God.
9 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.”
16 He told the Woman:
“I’ll multiply your pains in childbirth;
you’ll give birth to your babies in pain.
You’ll want to please your husband,
but he’ll lord it over you.”
17-19 He told the Man:
“Because you listened to your wife
and ate from the tree
That I commanded you not to eat from,
‘Don’t eat from this tree,’
The very ground is cursed because of you;
getting food from the ground
Will be as painful as having babies is for your wife;
you’ll be working in pain all your life long.
The ground will sprout thorns and weeds,
you’ll get your food the hard way,
Planting and tilling and harvesting,
sweating in the fields from dawn to dusk,
Until you return to that ground yourself, dead and buried;
you started out as dirt, you’ll end up dirt.”
20 The Man, known as Adam, named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
21 God made leather clothing for Adam and his wife and dressed them.
22 God said, “The Man has become like one of us, capable of knowing everything, ranging from good to evil. What if he now should reach out and take fruit from the Tree-of-Life and eat, and live forever? Never—this cannot happen!”
23-24 So God expelled them from the Garden of Eden and sent them to work the ground, the same dirt out of which they’d been made. He threw them out of the garden and stationed angel-cherubim and a revolving sword of fire east of it, guarding the path to the Tree-of-Life.
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