⁷ Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;^(A) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.^(B)

⁸ Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking^(C) in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid^(D) from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹ But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”^(E)

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

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

¹² The man said, “The woman you put here with me^(J)—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,^(K) and I ate.”

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

¹⁶ To the woman he said,

¹⁷ To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’^(S)

²⁰ Adam^[c] named his wife Eve,^[d](AC) because she would become the mother of all the living.

²¹ The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.^{(AD) 22} And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,^(AE) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life^(AF) and eat, and live forever.” ²³ So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden^(AG) to work the ground^(AH) from which he had been taken. ²⁴ After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side^[e] of the Garden of Eden^(AI) cherubim^(AJ) and a flaming sword^(AK) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.^(AL)

⁹ Then the Lord said to Cain, “Where is your brother Abel?”^(A)

“I don’t know,^(B)” he replied. “Am I my brother’s keeper?”

¹⁰ The Lord said, “What have you done? Listen! Your brother’s blood cries out to me from the ground.^{(C) 11} Now you are under a curse^(D) and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ¹² When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you.^(E) You will be a restless wanderer^(F) on the earth.^(G)”

¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is more than I can bear. ¹⁴ Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence;^(H) I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,^(I) and whoever finds me will kill me.”^(J)

⁵ The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,^(A) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.^{(B) 6} The Lord regretted^(C) that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. ⁷ So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth^(D) the human race I have created—and with them the animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.^(E)”

¹⁸ Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns^(A) away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.^(B)

³³ Even after this, Jeroboam did not change his evil ways,^(A) but once more appointed priests for the high places from all sorts^(B) of people. Anyone who wanted to become a priest he consecrated for the high places.

³⁴ This was the sin^(A) of the house of Jeroboam that led to its downfall and to its destruction^(B) from the face of the earth.