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Genesis 3:4–5

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4“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.i 5“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,j knowing good and evil.”

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  1. iSee Jn 8:44; 2 Co 11:3
  2. jSee Ge 1:26; 14:18, 19; Ps 7:8; Isa 14:14; Eze 28:2

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not surely die. For God knows that on the day you both eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you both shall be like gods, knowing good and evil.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.