Genesis 3:8-24
English Standard Version
8 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. 9 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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- Genesis 3:8 Hebrew wind
- Genesis 3:9 In Hebrew you is singular in verses 9 and 11
- Genesis 3:15 Hebrew seed; so throughout Genesis
- Genesis 3:16 Or shall be toward (see 4:7)
- Genesis 3:20 Eve sounds like the Hebrew for life-giver and resembles the word for living
Genesis 3:8-24
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Sin’s Consequences
8 Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze,[a] and they hid themselves from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.(A) 9 So the Lord God called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 And he said, “I heard You[b] in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”
11 Then He asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 Then the man replied,(B) “The woman You gave to be with me—she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate.”
13 So the Lord God asked the woman, “What is this you have done?”
And the woman said, “It was the serpent. He deceived me, and I ate.”(C)
14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent:
Because you have done this,
you are cursed more than any livestock
and more than any wild animal.
You will move on your belly
and eat dust all the days of your life.(D)
15 I will put hostility between you and the woman,
and between your seed and her seed.
He will strike your head,
and you will strike his heel.(E)
16 He said to the woman:
I will intensify your labor pains;
you will bear children in anguish.(F)
Your desire(G) will be for your husband,
yet he will rule over you.
17 And He said to Adam, “Because you listened to your wife’s voice and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘Do not eat from it’:
The ground is cursed because of you.(H)
You will eat from it by means of painful labor[c]
all the days of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you will eat the plants of the field.(I)
19 You will eat bread[d] by the sweat of your brow
until you return to the ground,(J)
since you were taken from it.
For you are dust,
and you will return to dust.”
20 Adam named his wife Eve[e] because she was the mother of all the living. 21 The Lord God made clothing out of skins for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
22 The Lord God said, “Since man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever.”(K) 23 So the Lord God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. 24 He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.(L)
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- Genesis 3:8 Lit at the wind of the day
- Genesis 3:10 Lit the sound of You
- Genesis 3:17 Lit it through pain
- Genesis 3:19 Or food
- Genesis 3:20 Lit Living, or Life
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