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Then they heard the sound of (A)Yahweh God walking in the garden in the [a]cool of the day, (B)and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden. Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, “(C)Where are you?” 10 And he said, “(D)I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 (E)And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “(F)The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 And Yahweh God said to the serpent,

(G)Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And (H)dust you will eat
All the days of your life;
15 And I will put (I)enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
(J)He shall [b]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

16 To the woman He said,

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

17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

(M)Cursed is the ground because of you;
(N)In [e]pain you will eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall (O)grow for you;
And you will eat the [f]plants of the field;
19 By the sweat of your [g]face
You will eat bread,
Till you (P)return to the ground,
Because (Q)from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

20 Now the man called his wife’s name [h](R)Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 Then Yahweh God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.

22 Then Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of (S)Us [i]to know good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand and take also from (T)the tree of life and eat and live forever”— 23 therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to [j]cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24 So (U)He drove the man out; and at the (V)east of the garden of Eden He stationed the (W)cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to [k]guard the way to (X)the tree of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:8 Lit wind, breeze
  2. Genesis 3:15 Or crush
  3. Genesis 3:16 Or childbirth
  4. Genesis 3:16 Or give birth to, cf. 4:1, 2, 17, 20, 22
  5. Genesis 3:17 Or sorrow
  6. Genesis 3:18 Lit plant
  7. Genesis 3:19 Lit nose
  8. Genesis 3:20 Lit living, life
  9. Genesis 3:22 Or knowing
  10. Genesis 3:23 Lit serve
  11. Genesis 3:24 Lit keep, cf. 2:15

Then 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. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”(C)

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

11 And 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)

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

14 So 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.
15 And 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.”

16 To 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)

17 To 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)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(V) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(W)
19 By the sweat of your brow(X)
    you will eat your food(Y)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(Z)

20 Adam[c] named his wife Eve,[d](AA) because she would become the mother of all the living.

21 The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.(AB) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(AC) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(AD) and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(AE) to work the ground(AF) from which he had been taken. 24 After he drove the man out, he placed on the east side[e] of the Garden of Eden(AG) cherubim(AH) and a flaming sword(AI) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.(AJ)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:15 Or seed
  2. Genesis 3:15 Or strike
  3. Genesis 3:20 Or The man
  4. Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
  5. Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front