And the woman said unto the serpent, We eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

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, [a]lest ye die.

Then the (A)serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not [b][c]die at all,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:3 In doubting of God’s threatenings she yielded to Satan.
  2. Genesis 3:4 This is Satan’s chiefest subtlety, to cause us not to fear God’s threatenings.
  3. Genesis 3:4 Hebrew, die the death.

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,(A) but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”(B)

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.(C)

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