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garden that we are not allowed to eat. God
said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if
you do, you will die.’”
4 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the
woman. 5“God knows that your eyes will be
opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be
like God, knowing both good and evil.”
6 The woman was convinced. She saw that
the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would
give her. So she took some of the fruit and
ate it. Then she gave some to her husband,
who was with her, and he ate it, too. 7At that
moment their eyes were opened, and they
suddenly felt shame at their nakedness.
So they sewed fig leaves together to cover
themselves.
8 When the cool evening breezes were
blowing, the man* and his wife heard the
Lord God walking about in the garden. So
they hid from the Lord God among the trees.
9 Then the Lord God called to the man, “Where
are you?”
10 He replied, “I heard you walking in the
garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was
naked.”
11 “Who told you that you were naked?”
the Lord God asked. “Have you eaten from
the tree whose fruit I commanded you not
to eat?”
12 The man replied, “It was the woman you
gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”
13 Then the Lord God asked the woman,
“What have you done?”
“The serpent deceived me,” she replied.
“That’s why I ate it.”
14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent,
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“Because you have done this, you are
cursed
more than all animals, domestic and
wild.
You will crawl on your belly,
groveling in the dust as long as you
live.
And I will cause hostility between you
and the woman,
and between your offspring and her
offspring.
He will strike* your head,
and you will strike his heel.”
Then he said to the woman,
“I will sharpen the pain of your
pregnancy,
and in pain you will give birth.
God
it; if
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And you will desire to control your
husband,
but he will rule over you.*”
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“Since you listened to your wife and ate
from the tree
whose fruit I commanded you not to
eat,
the ground is cursed because of you.
All your life you will struggle to
scratch a living from it.
It will grow thorns and thistles for you,
though you will eat of its grains.
By the sweat of your brow
will you have food to eat
until you return to the ground
from which you were made.
For you were made from dust,
and to dust you will return.”
Paradise Lost: God’s Judgment
Then the man—Adam—named his wife
Eve, because she would be the mother of all
who live.* 21And the Lord God made clothing
ed?” from animal skins for Adam and his wife.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Look, the
from
not human beings* have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach
ou out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat
te it.” it? Then they will live forever!” 23So the Lord
oman, God banished them from the Garden of Eden,
and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground
lied. from which he had been made. 24After sending them out, the Lord God stationed mighty
Then the Lord God said to the serpent,
cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden.
And he placed a flaming sword that flashed
back and forth to guard the way to the tree
of life.
, domestic and
Cain and Abel
Now Adam* had sexual relations with
his wife, Eve, and she became pregnant.
When she gave birth to Cain, she said, “With
the Lord’s help, I have produced* a man!”
the
as
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our offspring and her
*Translation Notes 1:26b As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads
all the earth. 1:27 Or the man; Hebrew reads ha-adam.
2:2 Or ceased; also in 2:3. 2:6 Or mist. 2:19 Or Adam, and so
throughout the chapter. 2:21 Or took a part of the man’s side.
3:8 Or Adam, and so throughout the chapter. 3:15 Or bruise;
also in 3:15b. 3:16 Or And though you will have desire for your
husband, / he will rule over you. 3:20 Eve sounds like a Hebrew
term that means “to give life.” 3:22 Or the man; Hebrew reads
ha-adam. 4:1a Or the man; also in 4:25. 4:1b Or I have acquired.
Cain sounds like a Hebrew term that can mean “produce” or
“acquire.”
Cross-References 1:27 Matt 19:4 1:29 Ps 104:14, 27 2:2 Heb
4:4 2:7 1 Cor 15:45 2:14 Dan 10:4 2:22 1 Cor 11:8-9 2:24 1 Cor
6:16 3:1 Rev 12:9 3:4 John 8:44 3:13 1 Tim 2:14 3:15 Rom 16:20
3:20 1 Tim 2:13 3:24 Rev 2:7; 22:2, 14
