Genesis 3 1599 Geneva Bible (GNV)

3 1 The woman seduced by the serpent, 6 enticeth her husband to sin. 8 They both flee from God. 14 They three are punished. 15 Christ is promised. 19 Man is dust. 22 Man is cast out of Paradise.

¹ Now the serpent was more ^[a]subtle than any beast of the field, which the Lord God had made: and he ^[b]said to the woman, Yea, hath God indeed said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

² And the woman said unto the serpent, We eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

³ 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, ^[c]lest ye die.

⁴ Then the serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not ^[d][e]die at all,

⁵ But God doth know that when ye shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, ^[f]knowing good and evil.

⁶ So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meat, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired, to get knowledge) took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ^[g]did eat.

⁷ Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they ^[h]knew that they were naked, and they sewed fig tree leaves together, and made themselves ^[i]breeches.

⁸ ¶ Afterward they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the ^[j]cool of the day, and the man and his wife ^[k]hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

⁹ But the Lord God called to the man, and said unto him, Where art thou?

¹⁰ Who said, I heard thy voice in the garden and was afraid: because I was ^[l]naked, therefore I hid myself.

¹¹ 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?

¹² Then the man said, The woman which thou ^[m]gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

¹³ And the Lord God said to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, ^[n]The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

¹⁴ ¶ Then the Lord God said to the serpent, ^[o]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 ^[p]dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

¹⁵ I will also put enmity between ^[q]thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. He shall break thine ^[r]head, and thou shalt ^[s]bruise his heel.

¹⁶ ¶ Unto the woman he said, I will greatly increase thy ^[t]sorrows, and thy conceptions. In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thy desire shall be subject to thine husband, and he shall rule over thee.

¹⁷ ¶ Also to Adam he said, Because thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, (whereof I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it) ^[u]cursed is the earth for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

^18 [v]Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee, and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

¹⁹ In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth: for out of it wast thou taken, because thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou return.

²⁰ (And the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living)

²¹ Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God ^[w]make coats of skins, and clothed them.

²² ¶ And the Lord God said, ^[x]Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now lest he put forth his hand, and ^[y]take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever,

²³ Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the earth, whence he was taken.

²⁴ Thus he cast out the man, and at the East side of the garden of Eden he set the Cherubims, and the blade of a sword shaken, to keep the way of the tree of life.