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World English Bible

Genesis 3 (WEBP)

[1] Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
[2] The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
[3] but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’”
[4] The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,
[5] for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
[6] When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate. Then she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
[7] Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
[8] They heard Yahweh God’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
[9] Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
[10] The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; so I hid myself.”
[11] God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
[12] The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
[13] Yahweh God said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
[14] Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every animal of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
[15] I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
[16] To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. You will bear children in pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
[17] To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and have eaten from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.
[18] It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
[19] You will eat bread by the sweat of your face until you return to the ground, for you were taken out of it. For you are dust, and you shall return to dust.”
[20] The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
[21] Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
[22] Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”
[23] Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
[24] So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Genesis 3:24 Cherubim are powerful angelic creatures, messengers of God with wings. See Ezekiel 10.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 3 (KJVS)

[1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may 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, lest ye die.
[4] And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
[5] for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
[6] 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 the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
[7] And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
[8] 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.
[9] And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
[10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and 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] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
[13] And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
[14] And the Lord God said unto 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:
[15] 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.
[16] Unto 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.
[17] And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto 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;
[18] 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 unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
[20] And Adam 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 make coats of skins, and clothed them.
[22] And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
[23] therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
[24] So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Genesis 3:1 Heb. Yea, because, etc.
Genesis 3:6 Heb. a desire
Genesis 3:7 Or, things to gird about
Genesis 3:8 Heb. wind
Genesis 3:16 Or, subject to thy husband
Genesis 3:18 Heb. cause to bud
Genesis 3:20 Heb. Chavah

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 3 (BYZ)

[1] Ὁ () δὲ () ὄφις () ἦν () φρονιμώτατος () πάντων () τῶν () θηρίων () τῶν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὧν () ἐποίησεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεός· () καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () ὄφις () τῇ () γυναικί () Τί () ὅτι () εἶπεν () ὁ () θεός () Οὐ () μὴ () φάγητε () ἀπὸ () παντὸς () ξύλου () τοῦ () ἐν () τῷ () παραδείσῳ; ()
[2] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () τῷ () ὄφει () Ἀπὸ () καρποῦ () ξύλου () τοῦ () παραδείσου () φαγόμεθα,
[3] ἀπὸ () δὲ () καρποῦ () τοῦ () ξύλου, () ὅ () ἐστιν () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () παραδείσου, () εἶπεν () ὁ () θεός () Οὐ () φάγεσθε ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ () οὐδὲ () μὴ () ἅψησθε () αὐτοῦ, () ἵνα () μὴ () ἀποθάνητε. ()
[4] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () ὄφις () τῇ () γυναικί () Οὐ () θανάτῳ () ἀποθανεῖσθε· ()
[5] ᾔδει () γὰρ () ὁ () θεὸς () ὅτι () ἐν () ᾗ () ἂν () ἡμέρᾳ () φάγητε () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ, () διανοιχθήσονται () ὑμῶν () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοί, () καὶ () ἔσεσθε () ὡς () θεοὶ () γινώσκοντες () καλὸν () καὶ () πονηρόν. ()
[6] Καὶ () εἶδεν () ἡ () γυνὴ () ὅτι () καλὸν () τὸ () ξύλον () εἰς () βρῶσιν () καὶ () ὅτι () ἀρεστὸν () τοῖς () ὀφθαλμοῖς () ἰδεῖν () καὶ () ὡραῖόν () ἐστιν () τοῦ () κατανοῆσαι, () καὶ () λαβοῦσα () τοῦ () καρποῦ () αὐτοῦ () ἔφαγεν· () καὶ () ἔδωκεν () καὶ () τῷ () ἀνδρὶ () αὐτῆς () μετ’ () αὐτῆς, () καὶ () ἔφαγον. ()
[7] Καὶ () διηνοίχθησαν () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () τῶν () δύο, () καὶ () ἔγνωσαν () ὅτι () γυμνοὶ () ἦσαν, () καὶ () ἔρραψαν φύλλα () συκῆς () καὶ () ἐποίησαν () ἑαυτοῖς () περιζώματα.
[8] Καὶ () ἤκουσαν () τὴν () φωνὴν () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () περιπατοῦντος () ἐν () τῷ () παραδείσῳ () τὸ () δειλινόν, καὶ () ἐκρύβησαν () ὅ () τε () Αδαμ () καὶ () ἡ () γυνὴ () αὐτοῦ () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () κυρίου () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () ξύλου () τοῦ () παραδείσου. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τὸν () Αδαμ () καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Αδαμ, () ποῦ () εἶ; ()
[10] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Τὴν () φωνήν () σου () ἤκουσα () περιπατοῦντος () ἐν () τῷ () παραδείσῳ () καὶ () ἐφοβήθην, () ὅτι () γυμνός () εἰμι, () καὶ () ἐκρύβην. ()
[11] Καὶ () εἶπεν () αὐτῷ () Τίς () ἀνήγγειλέν () σοι () ὅτι () γυμνὸς () εἶ; () Μὴ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ξύλου, () οὗ () ἐνετειλάμην () σοι () τούτου () μόνου () μὴ () φαγεῖν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ, () ἔφαγες;
[12] Καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () Αδαμ () Ἡ () γυνή, () ἣν () ἔδωκας () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ, () αὕτη () μοι () ἔδωκεν () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ξύλου, () καὶ () ἔφαγον. ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τῇ () γυναικί () Τί () τοῦτο () ἐποίησας; () Καὶ () εἶπεν () ἡ () γυνή () Ὁ () ὄφις () ἠπάτησέν () με, () καὶ () ἔφαγον. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τῷ () ὄφει () Ὅτι () ἐποίησας () τοῦτο, () ἐπικατάρατος () σὺ () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () κτηνῶν () καὶ () ἀπὸ () πάντων () τῶν () θηρίων () τῆς () γῆς· () ἐπὶ () τῷ () στήθει () σου () καὶ () τῇ () κοιλίᾳ () πορεύσῃ () καὶ () γῆν () φάγῃ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τῆς () ζωῆς () σου. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἔχθραν () θήσω () ἀνὰ () μέσον () σου () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῆς () γυναικὸς () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τοῦ () σπέρματός () σου () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τοῦ () σπέρματος () αὐτῆς· () αὐτός () σου () τηρήσει () κεφαλήν, () καὶ () σὺ () τηρήσεις () αὐτοῦ () πτέρναν. ()
[16] Καὶ () τῇ () γυναικὶ () εἶπεν () Πληθύνων () πληθυνῶ () τὰς () λύπας () σου () καὶ () τὸν () στεναγμόν () σου, () ἐν () λύπαις () τέξῃ () τέκνα· () καὶ () πρὸς () τὸν () ἄνδρα () σου () ἡ () ἀποστροφή σου, () καὶ () αὐτός () σου () κυριεύσει. ()
[17] Τῷ () δὲ () Αδαμ () εἶπεν () Ὅτι () ἤκουσας () τῆς () φωνῆς () τῆς () γυναικός () σου () καὶ () ἔφαγες ἀπὸ () τοῦ () ξύλου, () οὗ () ἐνετειλάμην () σοι () τούτου () μόνου () μὴ () φαγεῖν () ἀπ’ () αὐτοῦ, () ἐπικατάρατος () ἡ () γῆ () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔργοις () σου· () ἐν () λύπαις () φάγῃ () αὐτὴν () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας () τῆς () ζωῆς () σου· ()
[18] ἀκάνθας () καὶ () τριβόλους () ἀνατελεῖ () σοι, () καὶ () φάγῃ () τὸν () χόρτον () τοῦ () ἀγροῦ. ()
[19] Ἐν () ἱδρῶτι () τοῦ () προσώπου () σου () φάγῃ () τὸν () ἄρτον () σου () ἕως () τοῦ () ἀποστρέψαι () σε () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν, () ἐξ () ἧς () ἐλήμφθης· () ὅτι () γῆ () εἶ () καὶ () εἰς () γῆν () ἀπελεύσῃ. ()—
[20] καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () Αδαμ () τὸ () ὄνομα () τῆς () γυναικὸς () αὐτοῦ () Ζωή, () ὅτι () αὕτη () μήτηρ () πάντων () τῶν () ζώντων. ()
[21] Καὶ () ἐποίησεν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τῷ () Αδαμ () καὶ () τῇ () γυναικὶ () αὐτοῦ () χιτῶνας () δερματίνους () καὶ () ἐνέδυσεν () αὐτούς. ()—
[22] καὶ () εἶπεν () ὁ () θεός () Ἰδοὺ () Αδαμ () γέγονεν () ὡς () εἷς () ἐξ () ἡμῶν () τοῦ () γινώσκειν () καλὸν () καὶ () πονηρόν, () καὶ () νῦν () μήποτε () ἐκτείνῃ () τὴν () χεῖρα () καὶ () λάβῃ () τοῦ () ξύλου () τῆς () ζωῆς () καὶ () φάγῃ () καὶ () ζήσεται () εἰς () τὸν () αἰῶνα. ()
[23] Καὶ () ἐξαπέστειλεν () αὐτὸν () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐκ () τοῦ () παραδείσου () τῆς () τρυφῆς () ἐργάζεσθαι () τὴν () γῆν, () ἐξ () ἧς () ἐλήμφθη. ()
[24] Καὶ () ἐξέβαλεν () τὸν () Αδαμ () καὶ () κατῴκισεν αὐτὸν () ἀπέναντι () τοῦ () παραδείσου () τῆς () τρυφῆς () καὶ () ἔταξεν () τὰ () χερουβιμ () καὶ () τὴν () φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν () τὴν () στρεφομένην () φυλάσσειν () τὴν () ὁδὸν () τοῦ () ξύλου () τῆς () ζωῆς. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.