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Genesis 3

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Genesis 3 Bible text

WEB: 1WEB

Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”

ASV: 1ASV

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

WEB: 2WEB

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,

ASV: 2ASV

And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

WEB: 3WEB

but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’”

ASV: 3ASV

but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

WEB: 4WEB

The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,

ASV: 4ASV

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

WEB: 5WEB

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

ASV: 5ASV

for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

WEB: 6WEB

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 to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.

ASV: 6ASV

And 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 to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

WEB: 7WEB

Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

ASV: 7ASV

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

WEB: 8WEB

They heard the LORD God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.

ASV: 8ASV

And they heard the voice of Jehovah God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Jehovah God amongst the trees of the garden.

WEB: 9WEB

The LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”

ASV: 9ASV

And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?

WEB: 10WEB

The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

ASV: 10ASV

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

WEB: 11WEB

God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”

ASV: 11ASV

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

WEB: 12WEB

The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

ASV: 12ASV

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

WEB: 13WEB

The LORD God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

ASV: 13ASV

And Jehovah God said unto the woman, What is this thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

WEB: 14WEB

The LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

ASV: 14ASV

And Jehovah God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

WEB: 15WEB

I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”

ASV: 15ASV

and I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.

WEB: 16WEB

To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

ASV: 16ASV

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

WEB: 17WEB

To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.

ASV: 17ASV

And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

WEB: 18WEB

It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.

ASV: 18ASV

thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

WEB: 19WEB

You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”

ASV: 19ASV

in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

WEB: 20WEB

The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.

ASV: 20ASV

And the man called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

WEB: 21WEB

The LORD God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

ASV: 21ASV

And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.

WEB: 22WEB

The LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”

ASV: 22ASV

And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—

WEB: 23WEB

Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

ASV: 23ASV

therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

WEB: 24WEB

So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

ASV: 24ASV

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.