Genesis 3:1-7

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.