Genesis 3 - NKJV Bible Online

Genesis 3

The Temptation and Fall of Man

Now ^athe serpent was ^bmore cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the ^afruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you ^atouch it, lest you die.’ ”
4 ^aThen the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
6 So when the woman ^asaw that the tree was good for food, that it was ¹pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit ^band ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, ^aand they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves ¹coverings.
8 And they heard ^athe ¹sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the ²cool of the day, and Adam and his wife ^bhid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
9 Then the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, ^aand I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?”
12 Then the man said, ^a“The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?”
The woman said, ^a“The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 So the Lord God said to the serpent:

“Because you have done this,

You are cursed more than all cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you shall go,

And ^ayou shall eat dust

All the days of your life.

And I will put enmity

Between you and the woman,

And between ^ayour seed and ^bher Seed;

^cHe shall bruise your head,

And you shall bruise His heel.”

16 To the woman He said:

“I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception;

^aIn pain you shall bring forth children;

^bYour desire shall be ¹for your husband,

And he shall ^crule over you.”

17 Then to Adam He said, ^a“Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree ^bof which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’:

^c“Cursed is the ground for your sake;

^dIn toil you shall eat of it

All the days of your life.

Both thorns and thistles it shall ¹bring forth for you,

And ^ayou shall eat the herb of the field.

^aIn the sweat of your face you shall eat bread

Till you return to the ground,

For out of it you were taken;

^bFor dust you are,

And ^cto dust you shall return.”

20 And Adam called his wife’s name ^aEve,¹ because she was the mother of all living.
21 Also for Adam and his wife the Lord God made tunics of skin, and clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden ^ato till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So ^aHe drove out the man; and He placed ^bcherubim ^cat the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of ^dlife.

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