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

14 The 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 (E)dust you shall eat
    all the days of your life.
15 I will put enmity between you and the woman,
    and between your offspring[c] and (F)her offspring;
(G)he shall bruise your head,
    and you shall bruise his heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

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

17 And to Adam he said,

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

20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.[e] 21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins and clothed them.

22 Then the Lord God said, (P)“Behold, the man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand (Q)and take also of the tree of life and eat, and live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden (R)to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the (S)cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:8 Hebrew wind
  2. Genesis 3:9 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
  3. Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
  4. Genesis 3:16 Or shall be toward (see 4:7)
  5. Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living

Then[a] they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden at the windy time of day.[b] And the man[c] and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden. And Yahweh God called to the man[d] and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 And he replied,[e] “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked, so I hid myself.” 11 Then he[f] asked,[g] “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I forbade you to eat?”[h] 12 And the man[i] replied,[j] “The woman whom you gave to be with me—she gave to me from the tree and I ate.” 13 Then[k] Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 Then[l] Yahweh God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,
    you will be cursed
    more than any domesticated animal
    and more than any wild animal.[m]
On your belly you shall go
    and dust you shall eat
    all the days of your life.
15 And I will put hostility
    between you and between the woman,
    and between your offspring[n] and between her offspring;[o]
he will strike you on the head,
    and you will strike him on the heel.”

16 To the woman he said,

“I will greatly increase
    your pain in childbearing;[p]
    in pain you shall bear children.
And to your husband shall be your desire.
    And he shall rule over you.”

17 And to Adam[q] he said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree from which I forbade you to eat,[r]

the ground shall be cursed on your account.
    In pain you shall eat from it
    all the days of your life.
18 And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you,
    and you shall eat the plants of the field.
19 By the sweat of your brow[s]
    you shall eat bread,
until your return to the ground.
    For from it you were taken;
for you are dust,
    and to dust you shall return.”

20 And the man[t] named[u] his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life. 21 And Yahweh God made for Adam[v] and for his wife garments of skin, and he clothed them.

22 And Yahweh God said, “Look—the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. What if[w] he stretches out his hand and takes also from the tree of life and eats, and lives forever?” 23 And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So[x] he drove the man out, and placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming, turning sword[y] to guard the way to the tree of life.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:8 Or “And”
  2. Genesis 3:8 Literally “at the wind of the day”
  3. Genesis 3:8 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  4. Genesis 3:9 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  5. Genesis 3:10 Literally “And he said”; “replied” distinguishes Adam as the speaker
  6. Genesis 3:11 That is, Yahweh God
  7. Genesis 3:11 Or “said”
  8. Genesis 3:11 Literally “the tree which I commanded to not eat from it”
  9. Genesis 3:12 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  10. Genesis 3:12 Or “said”
  11. Genesis 3:13 Or “And”
  12. Genesis 3:14 Or “And”
  13. Genesis 3:14 Literally “animal of the earth/land”
  14. Genesis 3:15 Literally “seed”
  15. Genesis 3:15 Literally “seed”
  16. Genesis 3:16 Literally “your pain and your childbearing”
  17. Genesis 3:17 The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
  18. Genesis 3:17 Literally “from the tree which I commanded saying not to eat from it”
  19. Genesis 3:19 Literally “your face”
  20. Genesis 3:20 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
  21. Genesis 3:20 Literally “called the name”
  22. Genesis 3:21 The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
  23. Genesis 3:22 Literally “And now lest”
  24. Genesis 3:24 Or “And”
  25. Genesis 3:24 Literally “a flame of the sword which was turning”