Genesis 3:1-15

New American Standard Bible

The Fall of Mankind

3 Now ^(A)the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” ²The woman said to the serpent, “^(B)From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; ³but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” ⁴^(C)The serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die! ⁵For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and ^(D)you will ^[a]become like God, knowing good and evil.” ⁶^(E)When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. ⁷Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they ^(F)knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.

⁸Now they heard the sound of ^(G)the Lord God walking in the garden in the ^[b]cool of the day, ^(H)and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. ⁹Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “^(I)Where are you?” ¹⁰He said, “^(J)I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” ¹¹And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?” ¹²^(K)The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me some of the fruit of the tree, and I ate.” ¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “^(L)The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” ¹⁴Then the Lord God said to the serpent,

“^(M)Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all the livestock,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And ^(N)dust you shall eat
All the days of your life;
¹⁵And I will ^[c]^(O)make enemies
Of you and the woman,
And of your ^[d]offspring and her ^[e]Descendant;
^(P)He shall ^[f]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”

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Footnotes

Genesis 3:5 Or be
Genesis 3:8 Lit breeze of
Genesis 3:15 Lit put enmity between you
Genesis 3:15 Lit seed
Genesis 3:15 Lit Seed; i.e., a prophetic reference to Christ
Genesis 3:15 Or crush

Romans 3:10-12

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¹⁰as it is written:

“^(A)There is no righteous person, not even one;
¹¹There is no one who understands,
There is no one who seeks out God;
¹²They have all turned aside, together they have become ^[a]corrupt;
There is no one who does good,
There is not even one.”