The serpent tempts Eve, and she and Adam eat the forbidden fruit. Ashamed, they hide from God. Consequences follow for the serpent, the woman and the man, along with a first hint of rescue, and they are sent out of Eden.
1 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made . And he said unto the woman , Yea , hath God said , Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ?
2 And the woman said unto the serpent , We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden :
3 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 .
4 And the serpent said unto the woman , Ye shall not surely die :
5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened , and ye shall be as gods , knowing good and evil .
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and that it was pleasant to the eyes , and a tree to be desired to make one wise , she took of the fruit thereof , and did eat , and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat .
7 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 .
8 And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden .
9 And the LORD God called unto Adam , and said unto him, Where art thou ?
10 And he said , I heard thy voice in the garden , and I was afraid , because I was naked ; and I hid myself .
11 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 ?
12 And the man said , The woman whom thou gavest to be with me , she gave me of the tree , and I did eat .
13 And the LORD God said unto the woman , What is this that thou hast done ? And the woman said , The serpent beguiled me , and I did eat .
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent , Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed 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 :
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman , and between thy seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy head , and thou shalt bruise his heel .
16 Unto the woman he said , I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children ; and thy desire shall be to thy husband , and he shall rule over thee.
17 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 sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ;
18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ;
19 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 .
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve ; because she was the mother of all living .
21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins , and clothed them .
22 And the LORD 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 :
23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden , to till the ground from whence he was taken .
24 So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims , and a flaming sword which turned every way , to keep the way of the tree of life .