Genesis 3:8-17

New King James Version

⁸And they heard ^(A)the ^[a]sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the ^[b]cool of the day, and Adam and his wife ^(B)hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

⁹Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

¹⁰So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, ^(C)and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”

¹¹And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

¹²Then the man said, ^(D)“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

¹³And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, ^(E)“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

¹⁴So the Lord God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And ^(F)you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
¹⁵And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between ^(G)your seed and ^(H)her Seed;
^(I)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

¹⁶To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
^(J)In pain you shall bring forth children;
^(K)Your desire shall be ^[c]for your husband,
And he shall ^(L)rule over you.”

¹⁷Then to Adam He said, ^(M)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree ^(N)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

^(O)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
^(P)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:8 Or voice
Genesis 3:8 Or wind, breeze
Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward

Genesis 3:8-17

New International Version

⁸Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking^(A) in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid^(B) from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”^(C)

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

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

¹²The man said, “The woman you put here with me^(H)—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, “The serpent deceived me,^(I) and I ate.”

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

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

¹⁶To the woman he said,

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

¹⁷To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’^(Q)

“Cursed^(R) is the ground^(S) because of you;
through painful toil^(T) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.^(U)