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Genesis 3:8-24
World English Bible
Genesis 3:8-24
World English Bible
8 They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
9 Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 The man said, “I heard your voice 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 from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 Yahweh God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
you are cursed above all livestock,
and above every animal of the field.
You shall go on your belly
and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
15 I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring.
He will bruise your head,
and you will bruise his heel.”
16 To the woman he said,
“I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth.
You will bear children in pain.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”
17 To Adam he said,
“Because you have listened to your wife’s voice,
and have eaten from the tree,
about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’
the ground is cursed for your sake.
You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.
18 It will yield thorns and thistles to you;
and you will eat the herb of the field.
19 You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground,
for you were taken out of it.
For you are dust,
and you shall return to dust.”
20 The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living. 21 Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
22 Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—” 23 Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim[a] at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
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- 3:24 cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10.
Genesis 3:8-24
New International Version
Genesis 3:8-24
New International Version
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God as he was walking(A) in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid(B) from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 But the Lord God called to the man, “Where are you?”(C)
10 He answered, “I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid(D) because I was naked;(E) so I hid.”
11 And he said, “Who told you that you were naked?(F) Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?(G)”
12 The man said, “The woman you put here with me(H)—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,(I) and I ate.”
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this,
“Cursed(J) are you above all livestock
and all wild animals!
You will crawl on your belly
and you will eat dust(K)
all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity
between you and the woman,
and between your offspring[a](L) and hers;(M)
he will crush[b] your head,(N)
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.(O)
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.(P)”
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,’(Q)
“Cursed(R) is the ground(S) because of you;
through painful toil(T) you will eat food from it
all the days of your life.(U)
18 It will produce thorns and thistles(V) for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(W)
19 By the sweat of your brow(X)
you will eat your food(Y)
until you return to the ground,
since from it you were taken;
for dust you are
and to dust you will return.”(Z)
20 Adam[c] named his wife Eve,[d](AA) 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.(AB) 22 And the Lord God said, “The man has now become like one of us,(AC) knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life(AD) and eat, and live forever.” 23 So the Lord God banished him from the Garden of Eden(AE) to work the ground(AF) 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(AG) cherubim(AH) and a flaming sword(AI) flashing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life.(AJ)
Footnotes
- Genesis 3:15 Or seed
- Genesis 3:15 Or strike
- Genesis 3:20 Or The man
- Genesis 3:20 Eve probably means living.
- Genesis 3:24 Or placed in front
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