Genesis 3Genesis3

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1. The Serpent’s Deception

   (Romans 5:12–21)

2. 1LSVAnd the serpent has been cunning above every beast of the field which YHWH God has made, and he says to the woman, “Is it true that God has said, You do not eat from every tree of the garden?”BSBBSB: Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
3. 2LSVAnd the woman says to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we eat,BSBBSB: The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
4. 3LSVbut from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest you die.”BSBBSB: but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
5. 4LSVAnd the serpent says to the woman, “Dying, you do not die,BSBBSB: “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.
6. 5LSVfor God knows that in the day of your eating of it—your eyes have been opened, and you have been as God, knowing good and evil.”BSBBSB: “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.”
7. 6LSVAnd the woman sees that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she takes from its fruit and eats, and also gives some to her husband with her, and he eats;BSBBSB: When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
8. 7LSVand the eyes of them both are opened, and they know that they are naked, and they sew fig-leaves, and make girdles for themselves.BSBBSB: And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

9. God Arraigns Adam and Eve

10. 8LSVAnd they hear the sound of YHWH God walking up and down in the garden at the breeze of the day, and the man and his wife hide themselves from the face of YHWH God in the midst of the trees of the garden.BSBBSB: Then the man and his wife heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the breeze of the day, and they hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
11. 9LSVAnd YHWH God calls to the man and says to him, “Where are you?”BSBBSB: But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”
12. 10LSVAnd he says, “I have heard Your sound in the garden, and I am afraid, for I am naked, and I hide myself.”BSBBSB: “I heard Your voice in the garden,” he replied, “and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
13. 11LSVAnd He says, “Who has declared to you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I have commanded you not to eat?”BSBBSB: “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the LORD God. “Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”
14. 12LSVAnd the man says, “The woman whom You placed with me—she has given to me from the tree, and I eat.”BSBBSB: And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
15. 13LSVAnd YHWH God says to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman says, “The serpent has caused me to forget, and I eat.”BSBBSB: Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

16. The Fate of the Serpent

17. 14LSVAnd YHWH God says to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the livestock, and above every beast of the field: on your belly you go, and dust you eat, for all days of your life;BSBBSB: So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and every beast of the field! On your belly will you go, and dust you will eat, all the days of your life.
18. 15LSVand I put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He bruises your head, and you bruise His heel.”BSBBSB: And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”

19. The Punishment of Mankind

20. 16LSVTo the woman He said, “Multiplying I multiply your sorrow and your conception; you will bear children in sorrow, and your desire is toward your Man [or husband], and He [or he] will rule over you.”BSBBSB: To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
21. 17LSVAnd to the man He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eat from the tree concerning which I have charged you, saying, You do not eat of it, cursed is the ground on your account; in sorrow you eat of it for all days of your life,BSBBSB: And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
22. 18LSVand it brings forth thorn and bramble for you, and you have eaten the herb of the field;BSBBSB: Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.
23. 19LSVby the sweat of your face you eat bread until your return to the ground, for you have been taken out of it, for dust you are, and to dust you return.”BSBBSB: By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
24. 20LSVAnd the man calls his wife’s name Eve, for she has been mother of all living.BSBBSB: And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

25. The Expulsion from Paradise

26. 21LSVAnd YHWH God makes coats of skin for the man and his wife, and clothes them.BSBBSB: And the LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.
27. 22LSVAnd YHWH God says, “Behold, the man was as one of Us, as to the knowledge of good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand, and has also taken from the Tree of Life, and eaten, and lived for all time.”BSBBSB: Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever...”
28. 23LSVYHWH God sends him forth from the Garden of Eden to serve the ground from which he has been taken;BSBBSB: Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
29. 24LSVindeed, He casts out the man, and causes the cherubim to dwell at the east of the Garden of Eden with the sword of flame whirling around to guard the way of the Tree of Life.BSBBSB: So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.