(A)The serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die! For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and (B)you will [a]become like God, knowing good and evil.” (C)When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they (D)knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.

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  1. Genesis 3:5 Or be

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

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(C) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(D) who was with her, and he ate it.(E) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;(F) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.(G)

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