Genesis 3:1–13

Adam and Eve Fall Into Sin

3The serpent was more clever than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. The serpent said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat the fruit of any tree that is in the garden’?”

²The woman said to the serpent, “We can eat the fruit of the trees that are in the garden. ³But God did say, ‘You must not eat the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it. If you do, you will die.’ ”

⁴“You can be sure that you won’t die,” the serpent said to the woman. ⁵“God knows that when you eat the fruit of that tree, you will know things you have never known before. You will be able to tell the difference between good and evil. You will be like God.”

⁶The woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good to eat. It was also pleasing to look at. And it would make a person wise. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. And he ate it.

⁷Then both of them knew things they had never known before. They realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made clothes for themselves.

⁸Then the man and his wife heard the Lord God walking in the garden. It was the coolest time of the day. They hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

⁹But the Lord God called out to the man. “Where are you?” he asked.

¹⁰“I heard you in the garden,” the man answered. “I was afraid. I was naked, so I hid.”

¹¹The Lord God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten the fruit of the tree I commanded you not to eat?”

¹²The man said, “It was the woman you put here with me. She gave me some fruit from the tree. And I ate it.”

¹³Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?”

The woman said, “The serpent tricked me. That’s why I ate the fruit.”