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”
Genesis 3:8-24
International Standard Version
8 When they heard the voice of the Lord God as he was walking in the garden during the breeze of the day, the man and his wife concealed themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 So the Lord God called out to the man, asking him, “Where are you?”
10 “I heard your voice in the garden,” the man[a] answered, “and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid from you.”[b]
11 “Who told you that you are naked?” God[c] asked. “Did you eat fruit[d] from the tree that I commanded you not to eat?”
12 The man answered, “The woman whom you provided for[e] me gave me fruit[f] from the tree, and I ate some of it.”[g]
13 Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What did you do?”[h]
“The Shining One[i] misled me,” the woman answered, “so I ate.”
The Penalty of Sin
14 The Lord God told the Shining One,[j]
“Because you have done this,
you are more cursed than all the livestock,
and more than all the earth’s animals,[k]
You’ll crawl on your belly
and eat dust
as long as you live.
15 “I’ll place hostility between you and the woman,
between your offspring and her offspring.
He’ll strike you on the head,
and you’ll strike him on the heel.”
16 He told the woman,
“I’ll greatly increase the pain of your labor during childbirth.
It will be painful for you to bear children,
“since your trust is turning[l] toward your husband,
and he will dominate you.”
17 He told the man,
“Because you have listened to what your wife said,[m]
and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you,[n]
‘You are not to not eat from it,’
cursed is the ground because of you.
You’ll eat from it through pain-filled labor
for the rest of your life.
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you,
and you’ll eat the plants from the meadows.
19 You will eat food by the sweat of your brow
until you’re buried in[o] the ground,
because you were taken from it.
You’re made from dust
and you’ll return to dust.”
20 Now Adam[p] had named his wife “Eve,”[q] because she was to become the mother of everyone who was living. 21 The Lord God fashioned garments from animal skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
22 Later, the Lord God said, “Look! The man has become like one of us in knowing good and evil. Now, so he won’t reach out, also take from the tree of life, eat, and then live forever—” 23 therefore the Lord God expelled the man[r] from the garden of Eden so he would work the ground from which he had been taken. 24 After he had expelled the man, the Lord God[s] placed winged angels[t] at the eastern end of the garden of Eden, along with a fiery, turning sword, to prevent access to[u] the tree of life.
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- Genesis 3:10 Lit. he
- Genesis 3:10 The Heb. lacks from you
- Genesis 3:11 Lit. he
- Genesis 3:11 The Heb. lacks fruit
- Genesis 3:12 Or you gave
- Genesis 3:12 The Heb. lacks fruit
- Genesis 3:12 The Heb. lacks some of it
- Genesis 3:13 Lit. What is this you did?
- Genesis 3:13 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
- Genesis 3:14 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
- Genesis 3:14 I.e., non-domesticated animals, as opposed to domesticated livestock
- Genesis 3:16 Or Your desire is
- Genesis 3:17 Lit. to the voice of your wife
- Genesis 3:17 Lit. you when I said
- Genesis 3:19 Lit. you return to
- Genesis 3:20 Or the man
- Genesis 3:20 The Heb. name Hawwa (Eve) means life.
- Genesis 3:23 Lit. expelled him
- Genesis 3:24 Lit. man, he
- Genesis 3:24 MT reads placed cherubim
- Genesis 3:24 Or to watch over
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