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said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” And the
woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; but from the fruit
of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it,
lest you die.’” And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely shall not die! For God knows that in
the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
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 desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her
husband with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they
were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings.

And they heard the sound of Yahweh God 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. Then
Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound
of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” And He said, “Who told
you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” And
the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”
Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The
serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

And Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, cursed are you more than all
cattle, and more than every beast of the field; On your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all
the days of your life; And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and
her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.”

To the woman He said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you shall bring forth
children; Yet your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.”

Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from
the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground
because of you; In toil you shall eat of it all the days of your life. Both thorns and thistles it shall grow
for you; And you shall eat the plants of the field; By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, til you
return to the ground, because from it you were taken; For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. And Yahweh
God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. Then Yahweh God said,
“Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his
hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever” - therefore Yahweh God sent him
out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove the man
out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim, and the flaming sword which
turned every direction, to guard the way to the tree of life.

Now Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said,
“I have gotten a manchild with the help of Yahweh.” And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel.
And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.