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God knows very well that the instant you eat it you will become like him, for your eyes will be opened—you will be able to distinguish good from evil!”

The woman was convinced. How lovely and fresh looking it was! And it would make her so wise! So she ate some of the fruit and gave some to her husband, and he ate it too. And as they ate it, suddenly they became aware of their nakedness, and were embarrassed. So they strung fig leaves together to cover themselves around the hips.

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“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,(A) 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(B) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(C) who was with her, and he ate it.(D) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;(E) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.(F)

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