Genesis 3:8-15

Common English Bible

⁸During that day’s cool evening breeze, they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God in the middle of the garden’s trees. ⁹The Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”

¹⁰The man^[a] replied, “I heard your sound in the garden; I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself.”

¹¹He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree, which I commanded you not to eat?”

¹²The man said, “The woman you gave me, she gave me some fruit^[b] from the tree, and I ate.”

¹³The Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?!”

And the woman said, “The snake tricked me, and I ate.”

¹⁴The Lord God said to the snake,

“Because you did this,
    you are the one cursed
        out of all the farm animals,
        out of all the wild animals.
    On your belly you will crawl,
        and dust you will eat
        every day of your life.

¹⁵I will put contempt

    between you and the woman,
    between your offspring and hers.
They will strike your head,
        but you will strike at their heels.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:10 Or He
Genesis 3:12 Heb lacks some fruit.

Genesis 3:8-15

New International Version

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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