Genesis 3:1-4

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The Fall

3 Now the serpent^(A) was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?^(B)”

²The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,^(C) ³but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”^(D)

⁴“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.^(E)

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Isaiah 14:12-15

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¹²How you have fallen^(A) from heaven,
    morning star,^(B) son of the dawn!
You have been cast down to the earth,
    you who once laid low the nations!^(C)
¹³You said in your heart,
    “I will ascend^(D) to the heavens;
I will raise my throne^(E)
    above the stars of God;
I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly,^(F)
    on the utmost heights^(G) of Mount Zaphon.^[a]
¹⁴I will ascend above the tops of the clouds;^(H)
    I will make myself like the Most High.”^(I)
¹⁵But you are brought down^(J) to the realm of the dead,^(K)
    to the depths^(L) of the pit.^(M)

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Footnotes

Isaiah 14:13 Or of the north; Zaphon was the most sacred mountain of the Canaanites.

Ephesians 6:12

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¹²For our struggle is not against flesh and blood,^(A) but against the rulers, against the authorities,^(B) against the powers^(C) of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.^(D)

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