Genesis 3:9-19

Amplified Bible

⁹But the Lord God called to Adam, and said to him, “Where are you?” ¹⁰He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” ¹¹God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten [fruit] from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” ¹²And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it.” ¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent beguiled and deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree].”^(A) ¹⁴The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all the cattle,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And dust you shall eat
All the days of your life.
¹⁵
“And I will put enmity (open hostility)
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed (offspring) and her ^[a]Seed;
He shall [fatally] bruise your head,
And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”^(B)
¹⁶To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth;
In pain you will give birth to children;
Yet your desire and longing will be for your husband,
And he will rule [with authority] over you and be responsible for you.”

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

The ground is [now] under a curse because of you;
In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it
All the days of your life.
¹⁸
“Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you shall eat the plants of the field.
¹⁹
“By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread
Until you return to the ground,
For from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:15 Many consider this verse the protevangelium, the first announcement of the gospel. This is the first prophecy about the Messiah (Christ), who through His death on the cross and resurrection would ultimately defeat Satan, the power behind the serpent, with a death blow. See Is 9:6; Matt 1:23; Luke 1:31; Rom 16:20; Gal 4:4; Rev 12:17.

Genesis 3:9-19

New International Version

⁹But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”^(A)

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

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

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

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

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

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,’^(O)

“Cursed^(P) is the ground^(Q) because of you;
    through painful toil^(R) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.^(S)
¹⁸It will produce thorns and thistles^(T) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.^(U)
¹⁹By the sweat of your brow^(V)
    you will eat your food^(W)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”^(X)