Genesis 3
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Genesis 3:8-15

8In the cool of the evening, the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking around in the garden. So they hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.

9The Lord God called to the man and asked him, “Where are you?”

10He answered, “I heard you in the garden. I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”

11God asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree I commanded you not to eat from?”

12The man answered, “That woman, the one you gave me, gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

13Then the Lord God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The snake deceived me, and I ate,” the woman answered.

14So the Lord God said to the snake, “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all the wild or domestic animals. You will crawl on your belly. You will be the lowest of animals as long as you live.

15I will make you and the woman hostile toward each other. I will make your descendants and her descendant hostile toward each other. He will crush your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

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