¶ Now¹ the serpent² was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said³ unto the woman, Yea, hath⁴ God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

And the woman said unto the serpent⁵, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

But⁶ 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 touch⁷ it, lest ye die.

And the serpent⁸ said unto the woman, Ye⁹ shall not surely die:

For God¹⁰ doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your¹¹ eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods¹², knowing¹³ good and evil.

¶ And when the woman saw¹⁴ that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant¹⁵ to the eyes¹⁶, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did¹⁷ eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat¹⁸.

And the¹⁹ eyes of them both were opened, and they knew²⁰ that they were naked; and they²¹ sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons²².

And they²³ heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day²⁴: and Adam and his wife hid²⁵ themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.

¶²⁶And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

¶ And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was²⁷ afraid, because²⁸ I was naked; and I hid myself.

¶²⁹And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

³⁰And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

And the LORD God said unto the woman, What³¹ is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent³² beguiled me, and I did eat.

¶ And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art³³ cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust³⁴ shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

And I will put enmity³⁵ between thee and the woman, and between thy seed³⁶ and her seed³⁷; it shall³⁸ bruise thy head, and thou³⁹ shalt bruise his heel.

¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow⁴⁰ thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire⁴¹ shall be to⁴² thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.

¶ And unto Adam he said, Because⁴³ thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast⁴⁴ eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed⁴⁵ is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow⁴⁶ shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Thorns⁴⁷ also and thistles shall it bring forth⁴⁸ to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

In⁴⁹ the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till⁵⁰ thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust⁵¹ thou art, and⁵² unto dust shalt thou return.

¶ And Adam⁵³ called his wife's name Eve⁵⁴; because she was the mother of all living.

¶ Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make⁵⁵ coats of skins, and clothed them.

¶ And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one⁵⁶ of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree⁵⁷ of life, and eat⁵⁸, and live for ever:

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till⁵⁹ the ground from whence he was taken.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east⁶⁰ of the garden of Eden Cherubims⁶¹, and a flaming⁶² sword which turned every way, to keep⁶³ the way of the tree of life.