25 The two of them were 3 1 And the two were naked, both Adam But (8i) the serpent
But (8i) the serpent was wiser
naked,' the man and his wife,
3 and his wife, and they were not ashamed.
yet they felt no shame. 1
Now the serpent was the
shrewdest of all the wild
beasts that the LoRD God
had made. He said to the
woman, "Did God really say:
You shall not eat of any tree
of the garden?" 2 The woman
replied to the serpent, "We
may eat of the fruit of the
other en. 3 It is only about
fruit of the tree in the
middle of the garden that God said: 'You shall
not eat of it
or touch it, lest you die.' " 4 And
the serpent said to the woman,
"You are not going to die, 5 but
God knows that as soon as you
Now the snake was the wisest of all the
wild animals on the earth, which Lord God
made; and the snake said to the woman,
Why is it that God said, Do not eat from
every tree in the garden? 2 And the
woman said to the snake, From every tree
of the garden we may eat, 3 but from the
fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the
garden, God said, Do not eat from it nor
shall you even touch it, so that you not
die. 4 And the snake said to the woman,
You will not die a death; 5 for God knew
that on whatever day you would eat from
it, your eyes would be opened, and you
would be like gods, knowing good and
evil. 6 And the woman saw that the tree
was good for food, and that it was pleasing
for the eyes to see and was ripe for
understanding, and taking its fruit, she ate;
and she also gave to her man with her, and
they ate. 7 And the eyes of the two were
opened, and they knew that they were
naked; and they sewed together leaves of a
fig tree and they made themselves aprons.
And they heard the sound of Lord God
walking around in the garden toward
evening; and they hid, both Adam and his
wife, from the face of Lord God in the
middle of the trees of the garden. 9 And
Lord God called to Adam and said to him,
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than (irapa) all the animals (^oiov) that
were in Paradise (TrapaSeujoc;), and
he persuaded (t o iGs iv ) Eve, saying.
On the day when you eat
from the tree which is in the midst
of Paradise (TcapdcSeuyo?)
the eyes of your mind will be opened.
And (8i) Eve obeyed (7ts[0eiv),
and she stretched forth her hand;
she took from the tree; she
ate; she also gave to her husband with
her. And immediately they knew
that they were naked,
and they took some fig leaves
(and) put on girdles.
But (8i) [God] came at the time of
[evening] walking in the midst
[of] Paradise (TrapaSeiao?). When
(+ 8s) Adam saw him he hid himself.
And he said, "Adam, where are you?
He (-f Ss) answered (and) said,
[ !] have come under the fig tree.
And at that very moment
God [knew] that he had
eaten from the tree of
which he had commanded him, Do not
eat of it. And
28 he said to him, Who is it
who has instructed you? And (S)
Adam answered,
"The woman whom you have
given me. And the woman said,
eat of it your eyes will be
opened and you will be like
divine beings who know good
and bad." 6 When the woman
saw that the tree was good for
eating and a de light to the
eyes, and that the tree was
desirable as a source of wisdom,
she took of its fruit and ate. She
also gave some to her husband,
and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of
both of them were opened and
they perceived that they were
naked; and they sewed together
fig leaves and made themselves
loincloths.
n since he did not know this from the
B They heard the sound of
the LoRD God moving about
in the garden at the breezy
time of day; and the man
and his wife hid from the
LoRD God among the trees of
the garden. 9 The LoRD God
called out to the man and
said to him, "Where are
you?" 10 He replied, "I heard
the sound of You in the
garden, and I was afraid
Adam, where are you? 10 And he said to
him, Your sound I heard walking around
in the garden, and I was afraid, for I am
naked, and I hid. 11 And he said to him,
Who told you that you are naked; unless
from the tree of which I commanded you,
this one alone, not to eat, from it did you
eat? 12 And Adam said, The woman, the
one you gave to be with me, she gave me
from the tree, and I ate.
13
And Lord God said to the woman,
What is this that you did? And the
woman said, The snake tricked me, and
I ate. 14 And Lord God said to the snake,
Because you did this, accursed are you
among all the domesti- cated animals and
among all the wild animals of the earth;
on your breast and the belly you will
travel, and earth you will eat all the days
of your life. 15 And hostility I will place
between you and the woman, and between
your offspring and her offspring; he will
watch for your head, and you will watch
for his heel. 16 And to the woman he said,
Multiplying I will multiply your pains
and your groaning; in pains you will bear
children, and to your husband will be your
turning, and he will be lord over you. 17
Then to Adam he said, Because you
listened to the voice of your wife and ate
from the tree of which I commanded you
this one alone not to eat, from it you ate,
cursed is the earth in your work; in pains
you will eat from it all the days of your
life; 18 thorns and thistles will rise up for
"The serpent is the one who instructed
me.
And he cursed the serpent, and
he called him devil (StdipoXoc).
And he said, Behold, Adam has
become like one of us,
knowing evil and
good. Then he said, Let us
cast him out of Paradise (7capaSsi<TO(;)
lest ((jfi^TcoTe) he take from the tree
of life and eat and live for
ever. But what sort is
this God? First [(-}- he]
envied (90ovetv) Adam that he should
eat from the tree of knowledge
(yvciXTsw*;).
And secondly [(+ S^)]
he said, Adam, where are you?
And {8i) God does not have
foreknowledge (Tcp^Yvtoot?), that is,
beginning. [And] afterwards
he said, Let us cast him [out]
of this place, lest he
eat of the tree of
life and live for ever.
Surely he has shown (-f S)
himself to be a malicious (pdtoxavo?)
envier (-(pGovsiv). And
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what kind of a God is this?
For (yap) great is the blindness
of those who read, and they did not
know it. And he said, I am
the jealous God; I wiU bring
because I was naked, so I
hid." Then He asked, "Who
told you that you were
naked? Did you eat of the
tree from which I had
forbidden you to eat?" 12
The man said, "The woman
You put at my side-she gave
me of the tree, and I ate." 13
And the LoRD God said to the
woman, "What is this you
have done!" The woman
replied, "The serpent duped
me, and I ate." 14 Then the
LoRD God said to the
serpent,
15
"Because
you did
this,
More
cursed
shall you
be Than
all cattle
On
And all the wild beasts:
your belly
shall you
you, and you will eat herbage of the field. the sins of the fathers upon
19
By the sweat of your face you will eat the children until three (and) four
your bread until you return to the earth generations (ysvea).
from which you were taken; for earth you And he said, I will make
their heart thick, and I will
are and into the earth you will be taken.
cause their mind (vou?) to become bhnd,
20
And Adam called the name of the that
woman Life, for she is the mother of all
the living. 21 And Lord God made for
Adam and his wife leather tunics, and he
clothed them.
22
And Lord God said, Look, Adam has
become like one of us, knowing good and
evil. And now perhaps he might stretch
out the hand and take of the tree of life and
eat, and he will live forever. 23 And Lord
God sent him out of the garden of luxury,
to work the earth from which he was
taken. 24 And he threw Adam out and he
settled him opposite the garden of luxury,
and he stationed the cheroubim and the
flaming sword that
uard the way of the tree of life.
crawl And
dirt shall you
eat
All the days of your life.

22 And the LoRD God said, "Now that the man has be- come
like one of us, knowing good and bad, what if he should
stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and
eat, and live forever!" 23 So the LoRD God ban- ished him
from the arden of Eden, to till the soil from which he was
taken 24 He drove the man out, and sta-