| New Living Translation | Christian Standard Bible |
| 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?” | 1Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You can't eat from any tree in the garden'?" |
| 2“Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied. | 2The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. |
| 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.’” | 3But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, 'You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.'" |
| 4“You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman. | 4"No! You will not die," the serpent said to the woman. |
| 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.” | 5"In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." |
| 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. | 6The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. |
| 7At that moment their eyes were opened, and they suddenly felt shame at their nakedness. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves. | 7Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. |
| 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. | 8Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the LORD God among the trees of the garden. |
| 9Then the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” | 9So the LORD God called out to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" |
| 10He replied, “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.” | 10And he said, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid." |
| 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?” | 11Then he asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" |
| 12The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.” | 12The man replied, "The woman you gave to be with me--she gave me some fruit from the tree, 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.” | 13So the LORD God asked the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." |
| 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. | 14So the LORD God said to the serpent: Because you have done this, you are cursed more than any livestock and more than any wild animal. You will move on your belly and eat dust all the days of your life. |
| 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.” | 15I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel. |
| 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. ” | 16He said to the woman: I will intensify your labor pains; you will bear children with painful effort. Your desire will be for your husband, yet he will rule over you. |
| 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. | 17And he said to the man, "Because you listened to your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'Do not eat from it': The ground is cursed because of you. You will eat from it by means of painful labor all the days of your life. |
| 18It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains. | 18It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. |
| 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 | 19You will eat bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground, since you were taken from it. For you are dust, and you will return to dust." |
| 20Then the man—Adam—named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all who live. | 20The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living. |
| 21And the LORD God made clothing from animal skins for Adam and his wife. | 21The LORD God made clothing from skins for the man and his wife, and he clothed them. |
| 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!” | 22The LORD God said, "Since the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not reach out, take from the tree of life, eat, and live forever." |
| 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. | 23So the LORD God sent him away from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken. |
| 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. | 24He drove the man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life. |
| 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. | The Christian Standard Bible. Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. |
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