Genesis 3:9-19

English Standard Version

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

¹⁴The Lord God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
    cursed are you above all livestock
    and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
    and ^(D)dust you shall eat
    all the days of your life.
¹⁵I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring^[b] and ^(E)her offspring;
^(F)he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.”

¹⁶To the woman he said,

“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
^(G)in pain you shall bring forth children.
^(H)Your desire shall be contrary to^[c] your husband,
but he shall ^(I)rule over you.”

¹⁷And to Adam he said,

“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife
    and have eaten of the tree
^(J)of which I commanded you,
    ‘You shall not eat of it,’
^(K)cursed is the ground because of you;
    ^(L)in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life;
¹⁸thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you;
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.
¹⁹By the sweat of your face
    you shall eat bread,
till you return to the ground,
    for out of it you were taken;
^(M)for you are dust,
    and ^(N)to dust you shall return.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:9 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
Genesis 3:16 Or shall be toward (see 4:7)

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)