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Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made: and he said to the woman , Yea, hath God said , Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ?
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And the woman said to the serpent , We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden :
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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 to the woman , Ye shall not surely die :
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For God doth know , that in the day ye eat of it, then your eyes shall be opened : and ye shall be as gods , knowing good and evil .
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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 its fruit , and ate , and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate .
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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 for themselves aprons .
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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 .
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And the LORD God called to Adam, and said to 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 of which 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 ate .
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And the LORD God said to the woman , What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said , The serpent beguiled me, and I ate .
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And the LORD God said to 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 :
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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 .
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To 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.
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And to Adam he said , Because thou hast hearkened to 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 ;
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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 shalt return to the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and to dust shalt thou return .
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And Adam called his wife 's name Eve , because she was the mother of all living .
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For Adam also and for his wife the LORD God made coats of skins , and clothed them.
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And the LORD God said , Behold, the man hath become as one of us , to know good and evil . And now, lest he should put forth his hand , and take also of the tree of life , and eat , and live for ever :
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Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden , to till the ground from which he was taken.
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So he drove out the man: and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim , and a flaming sword which turned every way , to keep the way of the tree of life .