Genesis 3

Revised Geneva Translation

3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any wild animal which the LORD God had made; and he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

² And the woman said to the serpent, “We eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

³ “But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

⁴ Then the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not die at all.

⁵ “But, God knows that when you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened; and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”6 So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired, to get knowledge) took of the fruit thereof and ate; and also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.

⁷ Then, the eyes of them both were opened; and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig tree leaves together and made themselves coverings.

⁸ Afterward, they heard the voice of the LORD God, walking in the garden in the cool of the day. And the man and his wife 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?”

¹⁰ Who said, “I heard Your voice in the garden and was afraid, because I was naked. Therefore, I hid myself.”

¹¹ And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree whereof I commanded you that you should not eat?”

¹² Then the man said, “The woman, which You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”

¹³ And the LORD God said to the woman, “Why have you done this?” And the woman said, “The serpent tricked me, and I ate.”

¹⁴ Then the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every wild animal. Upon your belly you shall go; and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

¹⁵ “I will also put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He shall break your head and you shall bruise His heel.”

¹⁶ To the woman, He said, “I will greatly increase your sorrows and your conceptions. In sorrow you shall bring forth children. And your desire shall be subject to your husband. And he shall rule over you.”

¹⁷ Also, He said to Adam, “Because you have obeyed the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree (whereof I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’), the earth is cursed for your sake. In sorrow you shall eat from it, all the days of your life.

¹⁸ “Also, it shall bring forth thorns and thistles to you. And you shall eat the herb of the field.

¹⁹ “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, until you return to the earth. For out of it you were taken because you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

²⁰ And the man called his wife’s name “Eve”, because she was the mother of all living.

²¹ Also, to Adam and to his wife, the LORD God made coats of skins, and clothed them.

²² And the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become as one of us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he also put forth his hand and take and eat of the Tree of Life, and live forever…”

²³ Therefore, the LORD God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden, to till the earth from where he was taken.

²⁴ Thus, He cast out the man; and at the east side of the Garden of Eden, He set the Cherubims, and the blade of a shaken sword, to keep the way of the Tree of Life.