Genesis, 3

1. Now the serpent was more subtil 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 every tree of the garden?

1. Now the serpent was the most crafty of all the wild creatures that Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say: You must not eat from any tree in the garden?"

2. And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

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

3. 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.

3. but of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden God said: You must not eat, and you must not touch it or you will die."

4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

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

5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

5. but God knows that the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil."

6. And when the woman saw that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

6. The woman saw that the fruit was good to eat, and pleasant to the eyes, and ideal for gaining knowledge. She took its fruit and ate it and gave some to her husband who was with her. He ate it.

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

7. Then their eyes were opened and both of them knew they were naked. So they sewed leaves of a fig tree together and made themselves loincloths.

8. And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

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

9. And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?

9. Yahweh God called the man saying to him, "Where are you?"

10. And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I [was] naked; and I hid myself.

10. He said, "I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."

11. 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?

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

12. And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

12. The man answered, "The woman you put with me gave me fruit from the tree and I ate it."

13. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

13. God said to the woman, "What have you done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me and I ate."

14. And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art] cursed 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:

14. Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Since you have done that, be cursed among all the cattle and wild beasts! You will crawl on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life.

15. And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

15. I will make you enemies, you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring. He will crush your head and you will strike his heel."

16. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

16. To the woman, God said, "I will increase your suffering in childbearing, and you will give birth to your children in pain. You will be dependent on your husband and he will lord it over you."

17. 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 sorrow shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life;

17. To the man, He said, "Because you have listened to your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I forbade you to eat, cursed be the soil because of you! In suffering you will provide food for yourself from it, all the days of your life.

18. Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

18. It will produce thorn and thistle for you and you will eat the plants of the field.

19. 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.

19. With sweat on your face you will eat your bread, until you return to clay, since it was from clay that you were taken, for you are dust and to dust you shall return."

20. And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

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

21. Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

21. Yahweh God made garments of skin for the man and his wife, and with these he clothed them.

22. 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:

22. Then Yahweh God said, "Man has now become like one of us, making himself judge of good and evil. Let him not stretch out his hand to take and eat from the tree of Life as well, and live forever."

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

23. So God cast him from the garden of Eden to till the soil from which he had been made.

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

24. And after having driven the man out, God posted cherubim and a flaming sword that kept turning at the east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of Life.