Book of Genesis, Chapter 3
Genesis 3 NASB - New American Standard BibleChapter 3 of Genesis—New American Standard Bible (NASB)
- ¶ Now 1the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘You shall not eat from [a]any tree of the garden’?”
- The woman said to the serpent, “2From 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, or you will die.’”
- 3The serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die!
- For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and 4you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
- 5When 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 6knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves [b]loin coverings.
- ¶ They heard the sound of 7the LORD God walking in the garden in the [c]cool of the day, 8and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
- Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “9Where are you?”
- He said, “10I 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?”
- 11The man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate.”
- Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “12The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
- The LORD God said to the serpent,
¶ “13Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all cattle,
And more than every beast of the field;
On your belly you will go,
And 14dust you will eat
All the days of your life; - And I will put 15enmity
Between you and the woman,
And between your seed and her seed;
16He shall [d]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise him on the heel.” - To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain [e]in childbirth,
In pain you will 17bring forth children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And 18he will 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’;
¶ 19Cursed is the ground because of you;
20In [f]toil you will eat of it
All the days of your life. - “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
And you will eat the [g]plants of the field; - By the sweat of your face
You will eat bread,
Till you 21return to the ground,
Because 22from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.” - ¶ Now the man called his wife’s name [h]23Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
- The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
- ¶ Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of 24Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from 25the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”—
- therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken.
- So 26He drove the man out; and at the 27east of the garden of Eden He stationed the 28cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to 29the tree of life.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or every
- ^ Or girdles
- ^ Lit wind, breeze
- ^ Or crush
- ^ Lit and your pregnancy, conception
- ^ Or sorrow
- ^ Lit plant
- ^ I.e. living; or life
REFERENCES
- ^ 2Co 11:3; Re 12:9; 20:2
- ^ Ge 2:16, 17
- ^ Jn 8:44; 2Co 11:3
- ^ Is 14:14; Eze 28:2, 12-17
- ^ Ro 5:12-19; 1Ti 2:14; Jm 1:14, 15; 1Jo 2:16
- ^ Is 47:3; La 1:8
- ^ Ge 18:33; Le 26:12; De 23:14
- ^ Jb 31:33; Ps 139:1-12; Ho 10:8; Am 9:3; Re 6:15-17
- ^ Ge 4:9; 18:9
- ^ Ex 20:18, 19; De 5:25
- ^ Jb 31:33; Pr 28:13
- ^ 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:14
- ^ De 28:15-20
- ^ Is 65:25; Mc 7:17
- ^ Re 12:17
- ^ Ro 16:20
- ^ Jn 16:21; 1Ti 2:15
- ^ 1Co 14:34
- ^ Ge 5:29; Ro 8:20-22; Heb 6:8
- ^ Jb 5:7; 14:1; Ec 2:23
- ^ Ps 90:3; 104:29; Ec 12:7
- ^ Ge 2:7
- ^ 2Co 11:3; 1Ti 2:13
- ^ Ge 1:26
- ^ Ge 2:9; Re 22:14
- ^ Eze 31:11
- ^ Ge 2:8
- ^ Ex 25:18-22; Ps 104:4; Eze 10:1-20; Heb 1:7
- ^ Ge 2:9
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