| New King James Version | New Living Translation |
| 1Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?” | 1The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?” |
| 2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; | 2“Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. |
| 3but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ” | 3“It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’” |
| 4Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. | 4“You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. |
| 5For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” | 5“God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.” |
| 6So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate. | 6The woman was convinced. She saw that the tree was beautiful and its fruit looked delicious, and she wanted the wisdom it would give her. So she took some of the fruit and ate it. Then she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it, too. |
| 7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings. | 7At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. |
| 8And they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. | 8When the cool evening breezes were blowing, the man and his wife heard the LORD God walking about in the garden. So they hid from the LORD God among the trees. |
| 9Then the LORD God called to Adam and said to him, “Where are you?” | 9Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” |
| 10So he said, “I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself.” | 10He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” |
| 11And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat?” | 11“Who told you that you were naked?” the LORD God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?” |
| 12Then the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.” | 12The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.” |
| 13And the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” | 13Then the LORD God asked the woman, “What have you done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied. “That’s why I ate it.” |
| 14So the LORD God said to the serpent: “Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life. | 14Then the LORD God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild. You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live. |
| 15And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel.” | 15And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.” |
| 16To the woman He said: “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; In pain you shall bring forth children; Your desire shall be for your husband, And he shall rule over you.” | 16Then he said to the woman, “I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you. ” |
| 17Then to Adam He said, “Because you have heeded the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’: “Cursed is the ground for your sake; In toil you shall eat of it All the days of your life. | 17And to the man he said, “Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you. All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it. |
| 18Both thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you, And you shall eat the herb of the field. | 18It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. |
| 19In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread Till you return to the ground, For out of it you were taken; For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.” | 19By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.” Paradise Lost: God’s Judgment |
| 20And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. | 20Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live. |
| 21Also for Adam and his wife the LORD God made tunics of skin, and clothed them. | 21And the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife. |
| 22Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— | 22Then the LORD God said, “Look, the human beings have become like us, knowing both good and evil. What if they reach out, take fruit from the tree of life, and eat it? Then they will live forever!” |
| 23therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. | 23So the LORD God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made. |
| 24So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. | 24After sending them out, the LORD God stationed mighty cherubim to the east of the Garden of Eden. And he placed a flaming sword that flashed back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life. |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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