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except the one in the middle. He told us not to eat fruit from that tree or even to touch it. If we do, we will die.”

“No, you won't!” the snake replied. “God understands what will happen on the day you eat fruit from that tree. You will see what you have done, and you will know the difference between right and wrong, just as God does.”

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but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”(A)

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.(B) “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,(C) knowing good and evil.”

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