Adam and Eve Sent Out from the Garden

1Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, “Indeed, has God said, ‘[†]You shall not eat from [†]any tree of the garden’?” 2And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3but from the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, and you shall not touch it, lest you die.’” 4And the serpent said to the woman, “You surely will not die! 5For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, so she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. 7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves [†]loin coverings.

8Then they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the [†]cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God in the midst of the trees of the garden. 9Yahweh God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” 10And he said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid.” 11And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” 12And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave to me from the tree, and I ate.” 13Then Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” 14And Yahweh God said to the serpent,

“Because you have done this,

Cursed are you more than any of the cattle,

And more than every beast of the field;

On your belly you will go,

And dust you will eat

All the days of your life;

15And I will put enmity

Between you and the woman,

And between your seed and her seed;

He shall [†]bruise you on the head,

And you shall bruise him on the heel.”

16To the woman He said,

“I will greatly multiply

Your pain and [†]conception,

In pain you will [†]bear children;

Your desire will be for your husband,

And he will rule over you.”

17Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;

Cursed is the ground because of you;

In [†]pain you will eat of it

All the days of your life.

18Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;

And you will eat the [†]plants of the field;

19By the sweat of your [†]face

You will eat bread,

Till you return to the ground,

Because from it you were taken;

For you are dust,

And to dust you shall return.”

20Now the man called his wife’s name [†]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21Then Yahweh God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and He clothed them.

22Then Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us [†]to know good and evil; and now, lest he send forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat and live forever”— 23therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to [†]cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to [†]guard the way to the tree of life.