Genesis 3
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Genesis 3:6-23

61When 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 from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they 2knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves 3loin coverings.

8They heard the sound of 4the Lord God walking in the garden in the 5cool of the day, 6and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “7Where are you?” 10He said, “8I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 11And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 129The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” 13Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “10The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14The Lord God said to the serpent, “11Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And 12dust you will eat All the days of your life;15And I will put 13enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; 14He shall 15bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel.” 16To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply Your pain 16in childbirth, In pain you will 17bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And 18he will rule over you.” 17Then 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’; 19Cursed is the ground because of you; 20In 21toil you will eat of it All the days of your life.18Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the 22plants of the field;19By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you 23return to the ground, Because 24from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”

20Now the man called his wife’s name 2526Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21The Lord God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.

22Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of 27Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from 28the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”-- 23therefore the Lord God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 3:6 Rom 5:12-19; 1 Tim 2:14; James 1:14, 15; 1 John 2:16 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 3:7 Is 47:3; Lam 1:8 ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 3:7 Or girdles ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 3:8 Gen 18:33; Lev 26:12; Deut 23:14 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 3:8 Lit wind, breeze ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 3:8 Job 31:33; Ps 139:1-12; Hos 10:8; Amos 9:3; Rev 6:15-17 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 3:9 Gen 4:9; 18:9 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 3:10 Ex 20:18, 19; Deut 5:25 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 3:12 Job 31:33; Prov 28:13 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 3:13 2 Cor 11:3; 1 Tim 2:14 ↩
  11. 11. Genesis 3:14 Deut 28:15-20 ↩
  12. 12. Genesis 3:14 Is 65:25; Mic 7:17 ↩
  13. 13. Genesis 3:15 Rev 12:17 ↩
  14. 14. Genesis 3:15 Rom 16:20 ↩
  15. 15. Genesis 3:15 Or crush ↩
  16. 16. Genesis 3:16 Lit and your pregnancy, conception ↩
  17. 17. Genesis 3:16 John 16:21; 1 Tim 2:15 ↩
  18. 18. Genesis 3:16 1 Cor 14:34 ↩
  19. 19. Genesis 3:17 Gen 5:29; Rom 8:20-22; Heb 6:8 ↩
  20. 20. Genesis 3:17 Job 5:7; 14:1; Eccl 2:23 ↩
  21. 21. Genesis 3:17 Or sorrow ↩
  22. 22. Genesis 3:18 Lit plant ↩
  23. 23. Genesis 3:19 Ps 90:3; 104:29; Eccl 12:7 ↩
  24. 24. Genesis 3:19 Gen 2:7 ↩
  25. 25. Genesis 3:20 I.e. living; or life ↩
  26. 26. Genesis 3:20 2 Cor 11:3; 1 Tim 2:13 ↩
  27. 27. Genesis 3:22 Gen 1:26 ↩
  28. 28. Genesis 3:22 Gen 2:9; Rev 22:14 ↩

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