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Verse 1

Now the serpent{H5175} was{H1961} more subtle{H6175} than any beast{H2416} of the field{H7704} which Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} had made.{H6213} And he said{H559} unto the woman,{H802} Yea,{H637} hath God{H430} said,{H559} Ye shall not eat{H398} of any tree{H6086} of the garden?{H1588}

Verse 2

And the woman{H802} said{H559} unto the serpent,{H5175} Of the fruit{H6529} of the trees{H6086} of the garden{H1588} we may eat:{H398}

Verse 3

but of the fruit{H6529} of the tree{H6086} which is in the midst{H8432} of the garden,{H1588} God{H430} hath said,{H559} Ye shall not eat{H398} of it, neither shall ye touch{H5060} it, lest{H6435} ye die.{H4191}

Verse 4

And the serpent{H5175} said{H559} unto the woman,{H802} Ye shall not surely{H4191} die:{H4191}

Verse 5

for God{H430} doth know{H3045} that in the day{H3117} ye eat{H398} thereof, then your eyes{H5869} shall be opened,{H6491} and ye shall be as God,{H430} knowing{H3045} good{H2896} and evil.{H7451}

Verse 6

And when the woman{H802} saw{H7200} that the tree{H6086} was good{H2896} for food,{H3978} and that it{H1931} was a delight{H8378} to the eyes,{H5869} and that the tree{H6086} was to be desired{H2530} to make one wise,{H7919} she took{H3947} of the fruit thereof,{H6529} and did eat;{H398} and she gave{H5414} also{H1571} unto her husband{H376} with her, and he did eat.{H398}

Verse 7

And the eyes{H5869} of them both{H8147} were opened,{H6491} and they{H1992} knew{H3045} that they were naked;{H5903} and they sewed{H8609} fig{H8384} -leaves{H5929} together,{H8609} and made themselves{H6213} aprons.{H2290}

Verse 8

And they heard{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} walking{H1980} in the garden{H1588} in the cool{H7307} of the day:{H3117} and the man{H120} and his wife{H802} hid themselves{H2244} from the presence{H6440} of Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} amongst{H8432} the trees{H6086} of the garden.{H1588}

Verse 9

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} called{H7121} unto the man,{H120} and said{H559} unto him, Where art thou?{H335}

Verse 10

And he said,{H559} I heard{H8085} thy voice{H6963} in the garden,{H1588} and I was afraid,{H3372} because I{H595} was naked;{H5903} and I hid myself.{H2244}

Verse 11

And he said,{H559} Who{H4310} told{H5046} thee that thou wast naked?{H5903} Hast thou eaten{H398} of the tree,{H6086} whereof I commanded thee{H6680} that thou shouldest not{H1115} eat?{H398}

Verse 12

And the man{H120} said,{H559} The woman{H802} whom thou gavest{H5414} to be with me,{H5978} she{H1931} gave{H5414} me of the tree,{H6086} and I did eat.{H398}

Verse 13

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} said{H559} unto the woman,{H802} What is this thou hast done?{H6213} And the woman{H802} said,{H559} The serpent{H5175} beguiled me,{H5377} and I did eat.{H398}

Verse 14

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} said{H559} unto the serpent,{H5175} Because thou{H859} hast done{H6213} this, cursed{H779} art thou above all cattle,{H929} and above every beast{H2416} of the field;{H7704} upon thy belly{H1512} shalt thou go,{H3212} and dust{H6083} shalt thou eat{H398} all the days{H3117} of thy life:{H2416}

Verse 15

and I will put{H7896} enmity{H342} between thee and the woman,{H802} and between thy seed{H2233} and her seed:{H2233} he shall bruise{H7779} thy head,{H7218} and thou shalt bruise{H7779} his heel.{H6119}

Verse 16

Unto the woman{H802} he said,{H559} I will greatly{H7235} multiply{H7235} thy pain{H6093} and thy conception;{H2032} in pain{H6089} thou shalt bring forth{H3205} children;{H1121} and thy desire{H8669} shall be to thy husband,{H376} and he shall rule{H4910} over thee.

Verse 17

And unto Adam{H121} he said,{H559} Because thou hast hearkened{H8085} unto the voice{H6963} of thy wife,{H802} and hast eaten{H398} of the tree,{H6086} of which{H834} I commanded thee,{H6680} saying,{H559} Thou shalt not eat{H398} of it: cursed{H779} is the ground{H127} for thy sake; in toil{H6093} shalt thou eat{H398} of it all{H3605} the days{H3117} of thy life;{H2416}

Verse 18

thorns also{H6975} and thistles{H1863} shall it bring forth{H6779} to thee; and thou shalt eat{H398} the herb{H6212} of the field;{H7704}

Verse 19

in the sweat{H2188} of thy face{H639} shalt thou eat{H398} bread,{H3899} till{H5704} thou return{H7725} unto the ground;{H127} for out of it wast thou taken:{H3947} for dust{H6083} thou{H859} art, and unto dust{H6083} shalt thou return.{H7725}

Verse 20

And the man{H120} called{H7121} his wife's{H802} name{H8034} Eve;{H2332} because she was the mother{H517} of all living.{H2416}

Verse 21

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} made{H6213} for Adam{H120} and for his wife{H802} coats{H3801} of skins,{H5785} and clothed them.{H3847}

Verse 22

And Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} said,{H559} Behold,{H2005} the man{H120} is become as one{H259} of us, to know{H3045} good{H2896} and evil;{H7451} and now, lest he put forth{H7971} his hand,{H3027} and take{H3947} also of the tree{H6086} of life,{H2416} and eat,{H398} and live{H2425} for ever—{H5769}

Verse 23

therefore Jehovah{H3068} God{H430} sent him forth{H7971} from the garden{H1588} of Eden,{H5731} to till{H5647} the ground{H127} from whence he was taken.{H3947}

Verse 24

So he drove out{H1644} the man;{H120} and he placed{H7931} at the east{H6924} of the garden{H1588} of Eden{H5731} the Cherubim,{H3742} and the flame{H3858} of a sword{H2719} which turned every way,{H1870} to keep{H8104} the way{H1870} of the tree{H6086} of life.{H2416}

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