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El pecado de Adán y Eva

La serpiente era más astuta que todos los animales salvajes que el SEÑOR Dios había hecho, así que le preguntó a la mujer:

—¿Es cierto que Dios les dijo que no coman de ningún árbol del jardín?

Y la mujer le respondió:

—Podemos comer los frutos de los árboles del jardín. Pero Dios nos dijo: “No deben comer frutos del árbol que está en medio del jardín, ni siquiera tocarlo porque si lo hacen morirán”.

Entonces la serpiente le dijo a la mujer:

—Con seguridad no morirán. Incluso Dios sabe que cuando ustedes coman de ese árbol, comprenderán todo mejor; serán como dioses porque podrán diferenciar entre el bien y el mal.

Cuando la mujer vio que el árbol era hermoso y los frutos que daba eran buenos para comer, y que además ese árbol era atractivo por la sabiduría que podía dar, tomó algunos frutos del árbol y se los comió. Su esposo se encontraba con ella, ella le dio, y él también comió. Como si se les abrieran los ojos, se dieron cuenta de que estaban desnudos. Entonces se hicieron ropa cosiendo hojas de higuera.

En medio de un ventarrón retumbaba la voz del SEÑOR Dios que caminaba por el jardín. Entonces al oírlo, el hombre y la mujer se escondieron del Señor Dios entre los árboles del jardín. El SEÑOR Dios llamó al hombre y le dijo:

—¿Dónde estás?

10 El hombre le respondió:

—Escuché que andabas por el jardín y me asusté porque estaba desnudo, entonces me escondí.

11 Luego Dios le preguntó:

—¿Quién te dijo que estabas desnudo? ¿Acaso has comido del árbol del que les prohibí comer?

12 El hombre dijo:

—La mujer que me diste por compañera me dio del fruto de ese árbol, y yo comí.

13 Luego el SEÑOR Dios le preguntó a la mujer:

—¿Conque esas tenemos?

Y la mujer respondió:

—La serpiente me engañó y yo comí.

14 Entonces el SEÑOR Dios le dijo a la serpiente:

—Por haber hecho esto,
    entre todos los animales, sólo tú serás castigada.
Tendrás que arrastrarte sobre tu vientre
    y comerás polvo todos los días de tu vida.
15 Haré que tú y la mujer sean enemigas
    y que tu descendencia sea enemiga de la de ella.
La descendencia de ella buscará aplastarte la cabeza
    mientras tú le tratarás de picar en el talón.

16 Después Dios le dijo a la mujer:
—Te daré más trabajo
    y multiplicaré tus embarazos;
y con todo y tu duro trabajo,
    tendrás también que dar a luz a los hijos.[a]
Desearás estar con tu marido,
    pero él te dominará a ti.[b]

17 Luego Dios le dijo al hombre:
—Ya que tú obedeciste a tu mujer
    y comiste del árbol que yo te había prohibido,
    la tierra estará maldita por tu culpa.
Tendrás que conseguir la comida por medio de duro trabajo,
    durante todos los días de tu vida.
18 Del suelo nacerán cardos y espinas para ti,
    y tendrás que comer plantas del campo.[c]
19 Obtendrás tu comida
    trabajando duramente
hasta que mueras y regreses al polvo,
    porque tú saliste de allí.
Polvo eres
    y en polvo te convertirás.

20 El hombre le puso a su mujer el nombre «Eva»[d], ya que ella se convertiría en madre de todos los seres humanos.

21 El SEÑOR Dios hizo con pieles de animales ropa para el hombre y su mujer, y los vistió.

22 Luego el SEÑOR Dios dijo: «Miren, el hombre y la mujer se han convertido en seres como nosotros, pues saben reconocer el bien y el mal. Ahora tienen a su alcance los frutos del árbol de la vida, para comerlos y vivir para siempre».

23 Entonces el SEÑOR Dios los sacó del jardín del Edén a trabajar la tierra, de la cual el ser humano estaba hecho. 24 Los expulsó y luego puso al oriente del jardín del Edén unos querubines y una espada en llamas que giraba para cerrar el camino de regreso al árbol de la vida.

Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Te daré […] a los hijos o Aumentaré el dolor de tus partos, y con dolor darás a luz a tus hijos.
  2. 3:16 Desearás […] dominará a ti o Desearás dominar a tu marido, pero él te dominará a ti. Ver Gn 4:7.
  3. 3:18 Ver Gn 1:29-30.
  4. 3:20 Eva Este nombre es similar a la palabra hebrea que significa vida.

The Temptation and Fall of Man(A)

Now (B)the serpent was (C)more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the (D)fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you (E)touch it, lest you die.’ ”

(F)Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

So when the woman (G)saw that the tree was good for food, that it was [a]pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit (H)and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, (I)and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves [b]coverings.

And they heard (J)the [c]sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the [d]cool of the day, and Adam and his wife (K)hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”

10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, (L)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 from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”

12 Then the man said, (M)“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, (N)“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And (O)you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between (P)your seed and (Q)her Seed;
(R)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

16 To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
(S)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(T)Your desire shall be [e]for your husband,
And he shall (U)rule over you.”

17 Then to Adam He said, (V)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (W)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

(X)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(Y)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [f]bring forth for you,
And (Z)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (AA)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(AB)For dust you are,
And (AC)to dust you shall return.”

20 And Adam called his wife’s name (AD)Eve,[g] because she was the mother of all living.

21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden (AE)to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So (AF)He drove out the man; and He placed (AG)cherubim (AH)at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of (AI)life.

Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:6 Lit. a desirable thing
  2. Genesis 3:7 girding coverings
  3. Genesis 3:8 Or voice
  4. Genesis 3:8 Or wind, breeze
  5. Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
  6. Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
  7. Genesis 3:20 Lit. Life or Living

The Fall

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)

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,(C) but 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)

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.(E) “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,(F) knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(G) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(H) who was with her, and he ate it.(I) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;(J) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.(K)

Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking(L) in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid(M) from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”(N)

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

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

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

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

“Cursed(U) are you above all livestock
    and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
    and you will eat dust(V)
    all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
    between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[a](W) and hers;(X)
he will crush[b] your head,(Y)
    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.(Z)
Your desire will be for your husband,
    and he will rule over you.(AA)

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,’(AB)

“Cursed(AC) is the ground(AD) because of you;
    through painful toil(AE) you will eat food from it
    all the days of your life.(AF)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(AG) for you,
    and you will eat the plants of the field.(AH)
19 By the sweat of your brow(AI)
    you will eat your food(AJ)
until you return to the ground,
    since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
    and to dust you will return.”(AK)

20 Adam[c] named his wife Eve,[d](AL) 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.(AM) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(AN) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(AO) and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(AP) to work the ground(AQ) 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(AR) cherubim(AS) and a flaming sword(AT) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.(AU)

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

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

And they heard the voice 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 amongst the trees of the garden.

And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

14 And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

22 And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.