Now ^athe 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, “^aFrom 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 ^aThe 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 ^ayou will ¹become like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 ^aWhen 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 ^aknew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.

8 Now they heard the sound of ^athe LORD God walking in the garden in the ¹cool of the day, ^band 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, “^aWhere are you?” 10 He said, “^aI 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 ^aThe 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, “^aThe serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14 Then the LORD God said to the serpent,“^aBecause you have done this,Cursed are you more than all the livestock,And more than any animal of the field;On your belly you shall go,And ^bdust you shall eatAll the days of your life;

16 To the woman He said,“I will greatly multiplyYour pain ¹in childbirth,In pain you shall ^adeliver children;Yet your desire will be for your husband,And ^bhe shall rule over you.” 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’;^aCursed is the ground because of you;^bWith ¹hard labor you shall eat from itAll the days of your life.

20 Now the man named his wife ^1aEve, 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 ^aUs, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from ^bthe 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 ^aHe drove the man out; and at the ^beast of the Garden of Eden He stationed the ^ccherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to ^dthe tree of life.