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Now the snake was the craftiest of all the animals that Yahweh God had made. {One day} he asked the woman, "Did God really command you to not eat {fruit} from any of the trees in the garden?” 2 The woman answered him, "{No,} {God said that} we may eat fruit from {any of} the trees in the garden, 3 except fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. He commanded {us} to not eat that fruit or even touch it, because if we do, we will die!“ 4 But the snake said to the woman, "{That's not true.} You will not die. 5 Actually God knows that on the day that you eat {fruit} from that tree, you will understand new things, so that you will be like him because you will know {what is} good and {what is} evil.” 6 The woman saw that the tree's fruit looked good to eat and that the tree {itself} was {very} beautiful. She also wanted {to eat} the fruit so that it would make her wise. So she picked some of the fruit, and ate it. Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it {too}. 7 Suddenly they both understood new things, and they realized that they were naked. So they sewed {some} fig {tree} leaves together and made clothes for themselves {to cover their nakedness}.8 {Late that afternoon} during the cool time of the day, the man and his wife heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden, but they hid from him among the trees in the garden. 9 So Yahweh God called {out} to the man, "{Adam,} where are you?” 10 The man replied, "I heard the sound of you {walking} in the garden, but I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid {from you}.” 11 Then Yahweh God asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat {some fruit} from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?” 12 The man replied, "The woman whom you put here {to be} with me, she {is the one who} gave me some of that fruit, so I ate {it}.” 13 Then Yahweh God asked the woman, "What did you do?” The woman replied, "The snake tricked me, so I ate {some of the fruit}.” 14 So Yahweh God said to the snake, "Because you did that, I am cursing you more severely than all the livestock and all the animals in the fields! {As a result,} you must crawl on your belly and you must eat dust for as long as you live. 15 Besides that, I will cause you and your descendants to be enemies with the woman and her descendants. {In fact,} her Descendant will crush your head, and you will bite his heel.” 16 {Then} God said to the woman, "I will greatly increase how much you suffer when you bear children, {yes,} you will suffer {much pain} when you give birth. But you will {still} desire {to be with} your husband, and he will rule over you.” 17 Then God said to Adam, "You did what your wife said and ate {fruit} from the tree that I commanded you not to eat {any fruit} from. Because of what you did, I have cursed the ground, {so that} for as long as you live, you will have to work {very} hard and suffer {to grow enough food} to eat. 18 In fact, thorn plants and thistle plants {and other weeds} will grow {and make it difficult} for you to grow {enough} crops in your fields for food. 19 {Yes,} you will have to {work hard and} sweat a lot in order to produce {enough} food {to eat}, until you {die and} become dust again, which I created you from. That's right, I created you out of dust, so dust is what you will become again {after you die}.”
20 Then Adam named his wife Eve {which means "living,"} because she would be the mother of everyone who would ever live. 21 Then Yahweh God made {some} clothes out of {animal} skins for Adam and his wife, and he put the clothes on them.
22 Then Yahweh God said {to himself}, "Look! The man {and his wife} have become like one of us, so that they know {what is} good and {what is} evil. So now we must do something so that they do not also eat fruit from the tree that gives people {eternal} life, which will make them live forever!" 23 So Yahweh God expelled the man {and his wife} from the garden of Eden to work the ground which he had made them from. 24 After he expelled them, he stationed to the east {side} of the garden {some} {powerful} cherubim {angels} and a flaming sword that was swinging around in all directions to keep everyone away from the path to the tree whose fruit makes people live {forever}.