10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

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

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

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

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

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

16 To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
    with painful labor you will give birth to children.(L)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.(M)

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Footnotes

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