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Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman , Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden ?
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And the woman said , We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden :
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But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden , God has said , If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
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And the snake said , Death will not certainly come to you:
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For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open , and you will be as gods , having knowledge of good and evil .
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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food , and a delight to the eyes , and to be desired to make one wise , she took of its fruit , and gave it to her husband .
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And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
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And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind : and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden , away from the eyes of the Lord God .
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And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?
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And he said , Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear , because I was without clothing : and I kept myself from your eyes.
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And he said , Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing ? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?
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And the man said , The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
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And the Lord God said to the woman , What have you done? And the woman said , I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
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And the Lord God said to the snake , Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field ; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life :
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And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed : by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
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To the woman he said , Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth ; still your desire will be for your husband , but he will be your master.
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And to Adam he said , Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life .
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Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
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With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back .
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And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life .
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And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing .
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And the Lord God said , Now the man has become like one of us , having knowledge of good and evil ; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life , he will go on living for ever .
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So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.
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So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life .