Gen 3
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Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had
made. And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath God said: Ye shall not eat of any tree
of the garden?'
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And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may
eat;
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but 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.'
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And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;
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for 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.'
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And 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.
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And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they
sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.
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And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of
the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God
amongst the trees of the garden.
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And the LORD God called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'
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And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked;
and I hid myself.'
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And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof
I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'
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And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree,
and I did eat.'
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And the LORD God said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman
said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'
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And the LORD God said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou
from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt
thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
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And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed;
they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.'
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Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain
thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall
rule over thee.'
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And 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.
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Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb
of the field.
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In 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.'
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And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.
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And the LORD 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.'
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Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground
from whence he was taken.
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So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim,
and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.