Genesis 3-4

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’?” ² The woman said to the serpent, “^(B)From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; ³ but 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! ⁵ For 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. ⁷ Then 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.

⁸ Now 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. ⁹ Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “^(I)Where are you?” ¹⁰ He said, “^(J)I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” ¹¹ And 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.” ¹³ Then 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.” ¹⁴ Then the Lord God said to the serpent,

¹⁶ To the woman He said,

¹⁷ Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

²⁰ Now the man named his wife ^[j](W)Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. ²¹ And the Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

²² Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of ^(X)Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from ^(Y)the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— ²³ therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. ²⁴ So ^(Z)He drove the man out; and at the ^(AA)east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the ^(AB)cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to ^(AC)the tree of life.

Cain and Abel

4 Now the man ^[k]had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a male child with the help of the Lord.” ² And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now ^(AD)Abel was ^(AE)a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground. ³ So it came about ^[l]in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the ground. ^4 (AF)Abel, on his part also brought an offering, from the firstborn of his flock and from their fat portions. And ^(AG)the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering; ⁵ but ^(AH)for Cain and his offering He had no regard. So ^(AI)Cain became very angry and his face ^[m]was gloomy. ⁶ Then the Lord said to Cain, “^(AJ)Why are you angry? And why is your face ^[n]gloomy? ^7 (AK)If you do well, ^[o]will your face not be ^[p]cheerful? ^(AL)And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; and its desire is for you, ^(AM)but you must master it.” ⁸ Cain ^[q]talked to his brother Abel; and it happened that when they were in the field Cain rose up against his brother Abel and ^(AN)killed him.

⁹ Then the Lord said to Cain, “^(AO)Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” ¹⁰ Then He said, “What have you done? ^(AP)The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to Me from the ground. ¹¹ Now ^(AQ)you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. ^12 (AR)When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; ^(AS)you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth.” ¹³ Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment is too great to endure! ¹⁴ Behold, You have ^(AT)driven me this day from the face of the ground; and I will be hidden from Your face, and ^(AU)I will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth, and ^(AV)whoever finds me will kill me.” ¹⁵ So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him ^(AW)seven times as much.” And the Lord ^[r](AX)placed a mark on Cain, so that no one finding him would kill him.

¹⁶ Then Cain left the presence ^(AY)of the Lord, and ^[s]settled in the land of ^[t]Nod, east of Eden.

¹⁷ Cain ^[u]had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city, and named the city Enoch, after the name of his son. ¹⁸ Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad fathered Mehujael, and Mehujael fathered Methushael, and Methushael fathered Lamech. ¹⁹ Lamech took ^(AZ)two wives for himself: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. ²⁰ Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and have livestock. ²¹ His brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and flute. ²² As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.

²³ Lamech said to his wives,

^25 (BC)Adam ^[v]had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him ^[w]Seth, for, she said, “God ^[x]has appointed me another ^[y]child in place of Abel, ^(BD)because Cain killed him.” ²⁶ To Seth also ^(BE)a son was born; and he named him Enosh. Then people began ^(BF)to call ^[z]upon the name of the Lord.