Genesis, 3

1. Now, the snake was the most subtle of all the wild animals that Yahweh God had made. It asked the woman, 'Did God really say you were not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?'

1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, `You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?"

2. The woman answered the snake, 'We may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden.

2. And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;

3. But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden God said, "You must not eat it, nor touch it, under pain of death." '

3. but God said, `You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

4. Then the snake said to the woman, 'No! You will not die!

4. But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not die.

5. God knows in fact that the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good from evil.'

5. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

6. The woman saw that the tree was good to eat and pleasing to the eye, and that it was enticing for the wisdom that it could give. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

6. So 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 its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.

7. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realised that they were naked. So they sewed fig-leaves together to make themselves loin-cloths.

7. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.

8. The man and his wife heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they hid from Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

8. And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

9. But Yahweh God called to the man. 'Where are you?' he asked.

9. But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"

10. 'I heard the sound of you in the garden,' he replied. 'I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.'

10. And he said, "I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."

11. 'Who told you that you were naked?' he asked. 'Have you been eating from the tree I forbade you to eat?'

11. He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"

12. The man replied, 'It was the woman you put with me; she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.'

12. The man said, "The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate."

13. Then Yahweh God said to the woman, 'Why did you do that?' The woman replied, 'The snake tempted me and I ate.'

13. Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent beguiled me, and I ate."

14. Then Yahweh God said to the snake, 'Because you have done this, Accursed be you of all animals wild and tame! On your belly you will go and on dust you will feed as long as you live.

14. The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; upon your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

15. I shall put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; it will bruise your head and you will strike its heel.'

15. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."

16. To the woman he said: I shall give you intense pain in childbearing, you will give birth to your children in pain. Your yearning will be for your husband, and he will dominate you.

16. To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children, yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."

17. To the man he said, 'Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which I had forbidden you to eat, Accursed be the soil because of you! Painfully will you get your food from it as long as you live.

17. And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, `You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life;

18. It will yield you brambles and thistles, as you eat the produce of the land.

18. thorns and thistles it shall bring forth to you; and you shall eat the plants of the field.

19. By the sweat of your face will you earn your food, until you return to the ground, as you were taken from it. For dust you are and to dust you shall return.'

19. In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return."

20. The man named his wife 'Eve' because she was the mother of all those who live.

20. The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

21. Yahweh God made tunics of skins for the man and his wife and clothed them.

21. And the LORD God made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.

22. Then Yahweh God said, 'Now that the man has become like one of us in knowing good from evil, he must not be allowed to reach out his hand and pick from the tree of life too, and eat and live for ever!'

22. Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing 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" --

23. So Yahweh God expelled him from the garden of Eden, to till the soil from which he had been taken.

23. therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

24. He banished the man, and in front of the garden of Eden he posted the great winged creatures and the fiery flashing sword, to guard the way to the tree of life.

24. He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.