¶ But the serpent was subtler than all the beasts of the field which the LORD God had made, and said unto the woman: Ah sir, that God hath said, ye shall not eat of all manner trees in the garden.
And the woman said unto the serpent, of the fruit of the trees in the garden we may eat,
but of the fruit of the tree yt is in the midst of the garden (said God) see that ye eat not, and see that ye touch it not: lest ye die.
Then said the serpent unto the woman: tush ye shall not die:
but God doth know, that whensoever ye should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God and know both good and evil.
¶ And the woman saw that it was a good tree to eat of and lusty unto the eyes and a pleasant tree for to make wise. And took of the fruit of it and ate, and gave unto her husband also with her, and he ate.
And the eyes of both them were opened, that they understood how that they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together and made them aprons.
And they heard the voice of the LORD God as he walked in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam hid himself and his wife also from the face of the LORD God, among the trees of the garden.
¶ And the LORD God called Adam and said unto him where art thou?
And he answered: Thy voice I heard in the garden, but I was afraid because I was naked, and therefore hid myself.
¶ And he said: Who told thee that thou wast naked? hast thou eaten of the tree, of which I bade thee that thou shouldest not eat?
And Adam answered: The woman which thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate.
And the LORD God said unto the woman: Wherefore didst thou so? And the woman answered: The serpent deceived me and I ate.
¶ And the LORD God said unto the serpent because thou hast so done most cursed be thou of all cattle and of all beasts of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go: and earth shalt thou eat all days of thy life.
Moreover I will put hatred between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed. And that seed shall tread thee on the head, and thou shalt tread hit on the heel.
¶ And unto the woman he said: I will surely increase thy sorrow and make thee oft with child, and with pain shalt thou be delivered: And thy lusts shall pertain unto thy husband and he shall rule thee.
¶ And unto Adam he said: Forasmuch as thou hast obeyed the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying: See thou eat not thereof: cursed be the earth for thy sake. In sorrow shalt thou eat thereof all days of thy life:
And it shall bear thorns and thistles unto thee. And thou shalt eat the herbs of the field:
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return unto the earth whence thou wast take: for earth thou art, and unto earth shalt thou return.
¶ And Adam called his wife Heva, because she was the mother of all that liveth.
¶ And the LORD God made Adam and his wife garments of skins, and put them on them.
¶ And the LORD God said: Lo, Adam is become as it were one of us, in knowledge of good and evil. But now lest he stretch forth his hand and take also of the tree of life and eat and live ever.
And the LORD God cast him out of the garden of Eden, to till the earth whence he was taken.
And he cast Adam out, and set at the entering of the garden Eden, Cherubim with a naked sword moving in and out, to keep the way to the tree of life.
Praise the Everlasting Lord for His Faithful Word.