Genesis 3:8-24
New King James Version
8 And they heard (A)the [a]sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the [b]cool of the day, and Adam and his wife (B)hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 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, (C)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, (D)“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, (E)“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 (F)you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between (G)your seed and (H)her Seed;
(I)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;
(J)In pain you shall bring forth children;
(K)Your desire shall be [c]for your husband,
And he shall (L)rule over you.”
17 Then to Adam He said, (M)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree (N)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:
(O)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
(P)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall [d]bring forth for you,
And (Q)you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 (R)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
(S)For dust you are,
And (T)to dust you shall return.”
20 And Adam called his wife’s name (U)Eve,[e] 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 (V)to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So (W)He drove out the man; and He placed (X)cherubim (Y)at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of (Z)life.
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- Genesis 3:8 Or voice
- Genesis 3:8 Or wind, breeze
- Genesis 3:16 Lit. toward
- Genesis 3:18 cause to grow
- Genesis 3:20 Lit. Life or Living
Genesis 3:8-24
Lexham English Bible
8 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. 9 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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- Genesis 3:8 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:8 Literally “at the wind of the day”
- Genesis 3:8 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:9 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:10 Literally “And he said”; “replied” distinguishes Adam as the speaker
- Genesis 3:11 That is, Yahweh God
- Genesis 3:11 Or “said”
- Genesis 3:11 Literally “the tree which I commanded to not eat from it”
- Genesis 3:12 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:12 Or “said”
- Genesis 3:13 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:14 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:14 Literally “animal of the earth/land”
- Genesis 3:15 Literally “seed”
- Genesis 3:15 Literally “seed”
- Genesis 3:16 Literally “your pain and your childbearing”
- Genesis 3:17 The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
- Genesis 3:17 Literally “from the tree which I commanded saying not to eat from it”
- Genesis 3:19 Literally “your face”
- Genesis 3:20 “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
- Genesis 3:20 Literally “called the name”
- Genesis 3:21 The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
- Genesis 3:22 Literally “And now lest”
- Genesis 3:24 Or “And”
- Genesis 3:24 Literally “a flame of the sword which was turning”
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