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Genesis 2:25 to 3:24

25 And they were both smooth and naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed
1 And the serpent was more crafty, a smoother talker, than any animal of the field which Elohim Yahweh had made. And it said to the woman, "Is it even so, that Elohim has said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"
2 And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
3 but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, Elohim has said, You shall not eat of it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die."
4 And the serpent said to the woman, "You will not certainly die;
5 but Elohim gods knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be as Elohim gods, knowing good and evil."
6 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a pleasure for the eyes, and the tree was to be desired to give intelligence; and she took of its fruit, and ate, and gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were smooth and naked. And they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of Elohim Yahweh , walking in the garden in the breezy time of the day. And the human and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Elohim Yahweh , in the midst of the trees of the garden.
9 And Elohim Yahweh called to the human, and said to him, 'Where are you?"
10 And he said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I feared, because I am naked; and I hid myself."
11 And he said, "Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?"
12 And the human said, "The woman, whom you have given to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
13 And Elohim Yahweh said to the woman, "What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
14 And Yahweh Gods said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, you shall be banned from all cattle, and from every beast of the field. On your smooth belly shall you go, and eat dirt all the days of your life.
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall crush your head, and you shall crush his heel.
16 To the woman he said, I will greatly increase your pain in child bearing; in pain you shall bear children; yet your urges will be for your husband, and he shall rule over you."
17 And to the human he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and eaten of the tree of which I commanded you saying, You shall not eat of it: the soil is condemed on your account; with hard labor you will farm all the days of your life;
18 and thorns and thistles it shall yield to you; and you shall eat the herb of the field.
19 In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the ground: for out of it you were taken. For dust you are; and unto dust shall you return."
20 And the human called his wife's name Living; because she is the mother of all living.
21 And Elohim Yahweh made the human and his wife coats of skin, and clothed them.
22 And Elohim Yahweh said, "Behold, Man is become as one of us, to know good and evil. And now, unless he stretch out his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever ...!"
23 Therefore Elohim Yahweh sent him forth from the garden of Pleasant-Land, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 And he drove out the human; and he set the winged sphinxes, and the flame of the flashing sword, toward the east of the garden of Pleasant-Land, to guard the way to the tree of life.

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