Genesis 3:12-19

New King James Version

¹²Then the man said, ^(A)“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”

¹³And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”

The woman said, ^(B)“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

¹⁴So the Lord God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,
You are cursed more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And ^(C)you shall eat dust
All the days of your life.
¹⁵And I will put enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between ^(D)your seed and ^(E)her Seed;
^(F)He shall bruise your head,
And you shall bruise His heel.”

¹⁶To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;
^(G)In pain you shall bring forth children;
^(H)Your desire shall be ^[a]for your husband,
And he shall ^(I)rule over you.”

¹⁷Then to Adam He said, ^(J)“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree ^(K)of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

^(L)“Cursed is the ground for your sake;
^(M)In toil you shall eat of it
All the days of your life.
¹⁸Both thorns and thistles it shall ^[b]bring forth for you,
And ^(N)you shall eat the herb of the field.
¹⁹^(O)In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread
Till you return to the ground,
For out of it you were taken;
^(P)For dust you are,
And ^(Q)to dust you shall return.”