The Fall

1 Now the ^kserpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made.

He said to the woman, ^l“Did God actually say, ^m‘You¹ shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, ⁿ“We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’” 4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be ^olike God, knowing good and evil.” 6 So when the woman ^psaw 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,² she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate.

7 If you do well, will you not be accepted?¹ And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door. Its ⁿdesire is for² you, and you must rule over it.”