1Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made . And he said unto the woman, Yea , hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden ? 2And the woman said unto the serpent , Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat: 3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden , God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it , neither shall ye touch it , lest ye die . 4And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die : 5for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened , and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil . 6And 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 to be desired to make one wise , she took of the fruit thereof , and did eat ; and she gave also unto her husband with her , and he did eat .
Consequences of Sin
7And the eyes of them both were opened , and they knew that they were naked ; and they sewed fig-leaves together , and made themselves aprons . 8And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden . 9And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him , Where art thou ? 10And he said , I heard thy voice in the garden , and I was afraid , because I was naked ; and I hid myself .
God's Inquiry and Judgment
11And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of the tree , whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? 12And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me , she gave me of the tree , and I did eat. 13And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done ? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me , and I did eat. 14And Jehovah God said unto the serpent , Because thou hast done this , cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field ; upon thy belly shalt thou go , and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life : 15and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed : he shall bruise thy head , and thou shalt bruise his heel . 16Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception ; in pain thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee . 17And unto Adam he said , Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife , and hast eaten of the tree , of which I commanded thee , saying , Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; 18thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ; 19in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread , till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return .
The Promise of Redemption
20And the man called his wife ’s name Eve ; because she was the mother of all living . 21And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins , and clothed them . 22And Jehovah God said, Behold , the man is become as one of us , to know good and evil ; and now , lest he put forth his hand , and take also of the tree of life , and eat, and live for ever — 23therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden , to till the ground from whence he was taken . 24So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim , and the flame of a sword which turned every way , to keep the way of the tree of life .