Genesis 3
Amplified Bible
The Fall of Man
3 Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And [a]the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from [b]any tree of the garden’?”(A) 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden, 3 except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die!(B) 5 For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil.” 6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband [c]with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of the two of them were opened [that is, their awareness increased], and they knew that they were naked; and they fastened fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day, so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden from the [d]presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to Adam, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 11 God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten [fruit] from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it.” 13 Then 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].”(C) 14 The 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 [e]Seed;
He shall [fatally] bruise your head,
And you shall [only] bruise His heel.”(D)
16 To 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.”
17 Then 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.”
20 The man named his wife Eve (life spring, life giver), because she was the mother of all the living. 21 The Lord God made tunics of [animal] skins for Adam and his wife and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), knowing [how to distinguish between] good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take from the tree of life as well, and eat [its fruit], and live [in this fallen, sinful condition] forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24 So God drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He [permanently] stationed the [f]cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round [in every direction] to protect and guard the way (entrance, access) to the tree of life.(E)
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:1 The relationship between Satan and the serpent is not made clear, but Satan is identified with the serpent later in Rev 12:9, 14, 15, and 20:2. It seems difficult to believe that Eve would not have been suspicious of a talking creature, but at this point in time Eve probably knew next to nothing about animals; and in any case, the serpent, as it existed before the curse (v 14), was a very different creature from the reptile that is familiar to us today.
- Genesis 3:1 Or every.
- Genesis 3:6 This may have been sometime later. Jewish tradition said that Adam was absent at the time of Eve’s conversation with the serpent (according to the Talmud).
- Genesis 3:8 Lit face.
- 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 3:24 Cherubim are ministering angelic beings who avenge assaults on God’s holiness.
Genesis 3
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
3 Now the serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden?(A)
2 And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden,
3 Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.
4 But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die,(B)
5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles.
8 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 But the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you?
10 He said, I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate.
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled (cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me, and I ate.
14 And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all [domestic] animals and above every [wild] living thing of the field; upon your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust [and what it contains] all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her [a]Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.(C)
16 To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your grief and your suffering in pregnancy and the pangs of childbearing; with spasms of distress you will bring forth children. Yet your desire and craving will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.
17 And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it all the days of your life.
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you shall return.
20 The man called his wife’s name Eve [life spring], because she was the mother of all the living.
21 For Adam also and for his wife the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothed them.
22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live [b]forever—
23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 So [God] drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the [c]cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life.(D)
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Christ fulfills through his victory over Satan the wonderful promise here spoken. See also Isa. 9:6; Matt. 1:23; Luke 1:31; Rom. 16:20; Gal. 4:4; Rev. 12:17.
- Genesis 3:22 This sentence is left unfinished, as if to hasten to avert the tragedy suggested of men living on forever in their now fallen state.
- Genesis 3:24 Cherubim are ministering spirits manifesting God’s invisible presence and symbolizing His action (E.F. Harrison et al., eds., Baker’s Dictionary of Theology).
Genesis 3
Expanded Bible
The Beginning of Sin
3 Now the ·snake [serpent] was the most ·clever [shrewd; cunning; crafty] of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day the snake said to the woman, “Did God really say that you must not eat fruit from any tree in the garden?”
2 The woman answered the snake [3:1], “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden. 3 But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden [C the tree of the knowledge of good and evil]. You must not even touch it [C Eve was adding to the divine command], or you will die.’ ”
4 But the snake [3:1] said to the woman, “You will [L most certainly] not die. 5 [L For] God knows that if you eat ·the fruit from that tree [L from it], [L your eyes will be opened and] you will ·learn about [experience; L know about] good and evil and you will be like God!”
6 The woman saw that the tree was ·beautiful [L pleasing to the eyes], that its fruit was good ·to eat [L for food], and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband who was with her [C apparently he was present but silent while the woman spoke to the snake], and he ate it.
7 Then, ·it was as if their eyes [L the eyes of both of them] were opened. They ·realized [knew] they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made ·something to cover [L loincloths for] themselves [Rom. 5:12–21].
8 Then they heard the [L sound of the] Lord God walking in the garden during the cool part of the day, and the man and his wife hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man and said, “Where are you?”
10 The man answered, “I heard ·you walking in the garden [L your voice/sound], and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”
11 ·God [L He] asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?”
12 The man said, “You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “·How could you have done such a thing [What is this you have done]?”
She answered, “The snake ·tricked [deceived; 1 Tim. 2:14] me, so I ate the fruit.”
14 The Lord God said to the ·snake [serpent],
“Because you did this,
a curse will be put on you.
You will be cursed as no other animal, ·tame [beasts; livestock] or ·wild [L of the field], will ever be.
You will ·crawl [go] on your ·stomach [belly],
and you will eat dust all the days of your life.
15 I will ·make you and the woman
enemies to each other [T place hostility/enmity between you and the woman].
Your ·descendants [L seed] and her ·descendants [L seed]
will be enemies.
·One of her descendants [L He] will crush your head,
and you will ·bite [strike; T bruise; L crush] his heel [Rom. 16:20; Rev. 12:9].”
16 Then God said to the woman,
“I will ·cause you to have much trouble [or increase your pain]
·when you are pregnant [in childbearing],
and when you give birth to children,
you will have great pain.
You will greatly desire [C the word implies a desire to control; 4:7] your husband,
but he will rule over you.”
17 Then God said to ·the man [or Adam; 1:27], “You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat.
“·So I will put a curse on [Cursed is] the ground,
and you will have to ·work very hard [toil; labor] for your food.
In pain you will eat its food
all the days of your life.
18 The ground will produce thorns and ·weeds [thistles] for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.
19 ·You will sweat and work hard for [L By the sweat of your brow you will eat] your food.
Later you will return to the ground,
because you were taken from it.
You are dust,
and ·when you die, you will return to the dust [T to dust you will return; 1 Cor. 15:21-22, 40–45].”
20 The man named his wife Eve [C the name derives from an early form of the verb “to live”], because she was the mother of all the living.
21 The Lord God made clothes from animal skins for ·the man [or Adam; 1:27] and his wife and dressed them. 22 Then the Lord God said, “Humans have become like one of us [C referring to the supernatural heavenly beings, God and the angels]; they know good and evil. We must keep them from [L putting forth their hand and taking and] eating some of the fruit from the tree of life, or they will live forever.” 23 So the Lord God ·forced [expelled] Adam out of the garden of Eden to ·work [till; or care for; 2:5] the ground from which he was taken. 24 After God ·forced [drove] humans out of the garden, he placed ·angels [L cherubim; C particularly powerful spiritual beings] and a sword of fire that flashed around in every direction on its eastern border. ·This kept people from getting […to guard the way] to the tree of life.
Gênesis 3
Nova Versão Internacional
O Relato da Queda
3 Ora, a serpente era o mais astuto de todos os animais selvagens que o Senhor Deus tinha feito. E ela perguntou à mulher: “Foi isto mesmo que Deus disse: ‘Não comam de nenhum fruto das árvores do jardim’?”
2 Respondeu a mulher à serpente: “Podemos comer do fruto das árvores do jardim, 3 mas Deus disse: ‘Não comam do fruto da árvore que está no meio do jardim, nem toquem nele; do contrário vocês morrerão’ ”.
4 Disse a serpente à mulher: “Certamente não morrerão! 5 Deus sabe que, no dia em que dele comerem, seus olhos se abrirão, e vocês, como Deus[a], serão conhecedores do bem e do mal”.
6 Quando a mulher viu que a árvore parecia agradável ao paladar, era atraente aos olhos e, além disso, desejável para dela se obter discernimento, tomou do seu fruto, comeu-o e o deu a seu marido, que comeu[b] também. 7 Os olhos dos dois se abriram, e perceberam que estavam nus; então juntaram folhas de figueira para cobrir-se.
8 Ouvindo o homem e sua mulher os passos[c] do Senhor Deus que andava pelo jardim quando soprava a brisa do dia, esconderam-se da presença do Senhor Deus entre as árvores do jardim. 9 Mas o Senhor Deus chamou o homem, perguntando: “Onde está você?”
10 E ele respondeu: “Ouvi teus passos no jardim e fiquei com medo, porque estava nu; por isso me escondi”.
11 E Deus perguntou: “Quem lhe disse que você estava nu? Você comeu do fruto da árvore da qual lhe proibi comer?”
12 Disse o homem: “Foi a mulher que me deste por companheira que me deu do fruto da árvore, e eu comi”.
13 O Senhor Deus perguntou então à mulher: “Que foi que você fez?”
Respondeu a mulher: “A serpente me enganou, e eu comi”.
14 Então o Senhor Deus declarou à serpente:
“Uma vez que você fez isso,
maldita é você
entre todos os rebanhos domésticos
e entre todos os animais selvagens!
Sobre o seu ventre você rastejará,
e pó comerá todos os dias da sua vida.
15 Porei inimizade
entre você e a mulher,
entre a sua descendência
e o descendente[d] dela;
este lhe ferirá a cabeça,
e você lhe ferirá o calcanhar”.
16 À mulher, ele declarou:
“Multiplicarei grandemente
o seu sofrimento na gravidez;
com sofrimento você dará à luz filhos.
Seu desejo será para o seu marido,
e ele[e] a dominará”.
17 E ao homem declarou:
“Visto que você deu ouvidos à sua mulher
e comeu do fruto da árvore
da qual eu lhe ordenara
que não comesse,
maldita é a terra por sua causa;
com sofrimento você
se alimentará dela
todos os dias da sua vida.
18 Ela lhe dará espinhos e ervas daninhas,
e você terá que alimentar-se
das plantas do campo.
19 Com o suor do seu rosto
você comerá o seu pão,
até que volte à terra,
visto que dela foi tirado;
porque você é pó,
e ao pó voltará”.
20 Adão deu à sua mulher o nome de Eva, pois ela seria mãe de toda a humanidade. 21 O Senhor Deus fez roupas de pele e com elas vestiu Adão e sua mulher.
22 Então disse o Senhor Deus: “Agora o homem se tornou como um de nós, conhecendo o bem e o mal. Não se deve, pois, permitir que ele tome também do fruto da árvore da vida e o coma, e viva para sempre”. 23 Por isso o Senhor Deus o mandou embora do jardim do Éden para cultivar o solo do qual fora tirado. 24 Depois de expulsar o homem, colocou a leste do jardim do Éden querubins e uma espada flamejante que se movia, guardando o caminho para a árvore da vida.
Gênesis 3
Nova Versão Transformadora
O pecado do homem e da mulher
3 A serpente era o mais astuto de todos os animais selvagens que o Senhor Deus havia criado. Certa vez, ela perguntou à mulher: “Deus realmente disse que vocês não devem comer do fruto de nenhuma das árvores do jardim?”.
2 “Podemos comer do fruto das árvores do jardim”, respondeu a mulher. 3 “É só do fruto da árvore que está no meio do jardim que não podemos comer. Deus disse: ‘Não comam e nem sequer toquem no fruto daquela árvore; se o fizerem, morrerão’.”
4 “É claro que vocês não morrerão!”, a serpente respondeu à mulher. 5 “Deus sabe que, no momento em que comerem do fruto, seus olhos se abrirão e, como Deus, conhecerão o bem e o mal.”
6 A mulher viu que a árvore era linda e que seu fruto parecia delicioso, e desejou a sabedoria que ele lhe daria. Assim, tomou do fruto e o comeu. Depois, deu ao marido, que estava com ela, e ele também comeu. 7 Naquele momento, seus olhos se abriram, e eles perceberam que estavam nus. Por isso, costuraram folhas de figueira umas às outras para se cobrirem.
8 Quando soprava a brisa do entardecer, o homem[a] e sua mulher ouviram o Senhor Deus caminhando pelo jardim e se esconderam dele entre as árvores. 9 Então o Senhor Deus chamou o homem e perguntou: “Onde você está?”.
10 Ele respondeu: “Ouvi que estavas andando pelo jardim e me escondi. Tive medo, pois eu estava nu”.
11 “Quem lhe disse que você estava nu?”, perguntou Deus. “Você comeu do fruto da árvore que eu lhe ordenei que não comesse?”
12 O homem respondeu: “Foi a mulher que me deste! Ela me ofereceu do fruto, e eu comi”.
13 Então o Senhor Deus perguntou à mulher: “O que foi que você fez?”.
“A serpente me enganou”, respondeu a mulher. “Foi por isso que comi do fruto.”
14 Então o Senhor Deus disse à serpente:
“Uma vez que fez isso, maldita é você
entre todos os animais, domésticos e selvagens.
Você se arrastará sobre o próprio ventre,
rastejará no pó enquanto viver.
15 Farei que haja inimizade entre você e a mulher,
e entre a sua descendência e o descendente dela.
Ele lhe ferirá[b] a cabeça,
e você lhe ferirá o calcanhar”.
16 À mulher ele disse:
“Farei mais intensas as dores de sua gravidez,
e com dor você dará à luz.
Seu desejo será para seu marido,
e ele a dominará”.[c]
17 E ao homem ele disse:
“Uma vez que você deu ouvidos à sua mulher
e comeu da árvore cujo fruto ordenei que não comesse,
maldita é a terra por sua causa;
por toda a vida, terá muito trabalho para tirar da terra seu sustento.
18 Ela produzirá espinhos e ervas daninhas,
mas você comerá de seus frutos e grãos.
19 Com o suor do rosto você obterá alimento,
até que volte à terra da qual foi formado.
Pois você foi feito do pó,
e ao pó voltará”.
Paraíso perdido
20 O homem, Adão, deu à sua mulher o nome de Eva,[d] pois ela seria a mãe de toda a humanidade. 21 E o Senhor Deus fez roupas de peles de animais para Adão e sua mulher.
22 Então o Senhor Deus disse: “Vejam, agora os seres humanos[e] se tornaram semelhantes a nós, pois conhecem o bem e o mal. Se eles tomarem do fruto da árvore da vida e dele comerem, viverão para sempre”. 23 Para impedir que isso acontecesse, o Senhor Deus os expulsou do jardim do Éden, e Adão passou a cultivar a terra da qual tinha sido formado. 24 Depois de expulsá-los, colocou querubins a leste do jardim do Éden e uma espada flamejante que se movia de um lado para o outro, a fim de guardar o caminho até a árvore da vida.
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