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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 ?
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And the woman said unto the serpent , Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat :
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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 .
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And the serpent said unto the woman , Ye shall not surely die :
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Jehovah God called unto the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?
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And he said , I heard thy voice in the garden , and I was afraid , because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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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 ?
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And the man said , The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree , and I did eat .
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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 .
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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 :
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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 .
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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.
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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 ;
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thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field ;
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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 .
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And the man called his wife 's name Eve ; because she was the mother of all living .
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And Jehovah God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins , and clothed them.
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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 -
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therefore Jehovah God sent him forth from the garden of Eden , to till the ground from whence he was taken .
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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 .