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⥃The Serpent’s Deception ^{[ Romans 5:12–21 ]}

[1] Now² the serpent³ was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said⁴ unto the woman, Yea, hath⁵⁶ God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? [2] And the woman said unto the serpent⁷, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: [3] But⁸ of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch⁹ it, lest ye die. [4] And the serpent¹⁰ said unto the woman, Ye¹¹ shall not surely die: [5] For God¹² doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your¹³ eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods¹⁴, knowing¹⁵ good and evil. [6] And when the woman saw¹⁶ that the tree [was] good for food, and that it [was] pleasant¹⁷ to the eyes¹⁸, and a tree to be desired to make [one] wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did¹⁹ eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat²⁰. [7] And the²¹ eyes of them both were opened, and they knew²² that they [were] naked; and they²³ sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons²⁴.

⥃God Arraigns Adam and Eve

[8] And they²⁵ heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day²⁶: and Adam and his wife hid²⁷ themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. [9] And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where [art] thou?²⁸ [10] And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was²⁹ afraid, because³⁰ I [was] naked; and I hid myself. [11] And he said, Who told thee that thou [wast] naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?³¹ [12] And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest [to be] with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.³² [13] And the Lord God said unto the woman, What³³ [is] this [that] thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent³⁴ beguiled me, and I did eat.

⥃The Fate of the Serpent

[14] And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou [art³⁵] cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust³⁶ shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: [15] And I will put enmity³⁷ between thee and the woman, and between thy seed³⁸ and her seed³⁹; it shall⁴⁰ bruise thy head, and thou⁴¹ shalt bruise his heel.

⥃The Punishment of Mankind

[16] Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow⁴² thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire⁴³ [shall be] to⁴⁴ thy husband, and he shall rule⁴⁵ over thee. [17] And unto Adam he said, Because⁴⁶ thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast⁴⁷ eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed⁴⁸ [is] the ground for thy sake; in sorrow⁴⁹ shalt thou eat [of] it all the days of thy life; [18] Thorns⁵⁰ also and thistles shall it bring forth⁵¹ to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb⁵² of the field; [19] In⁵³ the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till⁵⁴ thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust⁵⁵ thou [art], and⁵⁶ unto dust shalt thou return. [20] And Adam⁵⁷ called his wife’s name Eve⁵⁸; because she was the mother of⁵⁹ all living.

⥃The Expulsion from Paradise

[21] Unto Adam also and to his wife did the Lord God make⁶⁰ coats of skins, and clothed them.

[22] And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one⁶¹ of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree⁶² of life, and eat⁶³, and live for ever: [23] Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till⁶⁴ the ground from whence he was taken. [24] So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east⁶⁵ of the garden of Eden Cherubims⁶⁶, and a flaming⁶⁷ sword which turned every way, to keep⁶⁸ the way of the tree of life.

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