Category:Temptation of Adam and Eve

Genesis 3:1 - 3:13

'''3:1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. He said to the woman: Why has God commanded you that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?'''

3:2. The woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:

3:3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

3:4. The serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death.

3:5. For God knows that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.

3:6. The woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband, who did eat.

3:7. The eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to not be clothed, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons. 3:8. When they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.

3:9. The Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where are you?

3:10. He said: I heard Your voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was not clothed, and I hid myself.

3:11. The Lord God said to him: Who has told you that you were not clothed, but that you have eaten of the tree whereof I commanded you that you should not eat?

3:12. Adam said: "The woman, whom You gave me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I ate."

'''3:13. The Lord God said to the woman: Why have you done this? She answered: The serpent deceived me, and I ate.'''