Genesis



Genesis, Chapter 3


Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"


And the woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

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but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, lest you die.'"


And the serpent said to the woman, "You surely shall not die!


"For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."


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 desirable to make [one] wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

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