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Genesis Chapter 3

1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which ForeverOne God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?" 2The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden, 3but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, 'You shall not eat of it nor touch it, lest you die.'" 4The serpent said to the woman, "You won't really die, 5for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6When 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; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.

7Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.

8They heard the voice of ForeverOne God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of ForeverOne God among the trees of the garden.

9ForeverOne God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" 10The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself." 11He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" 12The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate." 13ForeverOne God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." 14ForeverOne God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. On your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.

15I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel." 16To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you." 17To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

18Thorns also and thistles will it bring forth to you; and you will eat the plants of the field.

19By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return." 20The man called his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

21ForeverOne God made coats of skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.

22ForeverOne God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..." 23Therefore ForeverOne God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

24So he drove out the man; and he placed Cherubs at the east of the garden of Eden, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

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